Exercitations divine Containing diverse questions and solutions for the right understanding of the Scriptures. Proving the necessitie, majestie, integritie, perspicuitie, and sense thereof. As also shewing the singular prerogatiues wherewith the Lord indued those whom he appointed to bee the pen-men of them. Together with the excellencie and use of divinitie above all humane sciences. All which are cleared out of the Hebrew, and Greeke, the two originall languages in which the Scriptures were first written, by comparing them with the Samaritane, Chaldie, and Syriack copies, and with the Greeke interpretors, and vulgar Latine translation. By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Christs Gospell.

An alphabeticall Table of the principall distinctions, and chiefe matters contained in this Booke

A

Action of the will twofold 20. action of the mind twofold 84.

Adam his knowledge before his fall 25 the measure of his knowledge, 26 he gave fit names to all the crea∣turis, 30. Adam compa∣red with the most excel∣lent men, 28. 29,

Analogie of faith twofold, 179.

Angels appeared in the like∣nesse of men but not of wo∣men, 45. they appeared more glorious than a man ibid what Angell stirred the poole 60.

Apostles considered two wayes 70. they are set in order before the Prophets 82.

Arabick translation addeth postscripts to the Evange∣lists 150. the errour of the Arabicke postscrips.

Aristophanes keper of Ptolo∣mens librarie in Egypt 144.

Ark not alwayes with urim and thummin, 54 they turned their faces to the ark when they asked coun∣sell, ibid. it was not in the second temple, 59 they sang psalmes when it was carried to the temple, 168. 169.

Assurance twofold 14.

B

Beginning of things twofold 79.

Booke signifieth a relation by word or writ, 120 no canonicall booke lost, 117 no booke in the scripture wanteth any essentiall part, 118 bookes necessa∣rie for the church, albeit lost, yet they were found or written again ibid.

Blood not to be eaten, a pre∣cept given to No••h 41. how this precept is to be understood, ibid. why the apostles forbid to eat it 42.

Breastplate, distinguished

from Vrim & Thummim, 51. the letters made not up the answer ibid. the forme of it 52.

C

Canaan a land blessed of god 2.

Chapters and verses not ci∣ted by the ancient fathers 176. at the first called ti∣tles, and the verses were called chapters ibid.

Characters in which the scriptures were written first 88. the Samaritan Character, and why so called ibid. why Esdras changed the character 89. diverse characters 91.

Christ useth the helpe of rea∣son against the Sadduces 16. he excelled Adam in all things 32. the true Sa∣lomon 174. the end of the law & the prophets ibid.

Church compared to Cana∣an 2. taught by tradition 4. how the pillar of truth 84 not the last resolution of our faith 62. her estate considered three wayes 61.

Conscience what 35. a twofold act of the consci∣ence ibid. it is called a painted thing in the Sy∣riack 36. the diverse sorts of conscience 36, 37. the good conscience not made up by the light of nature since the fall 37. when the bad conscience accuseth 38. how the bad consci∣ence bindeth a man, and how long 39. the consci∣ence gods herauld 38.

Conclusions drawne from the first and second prin∣ciples how they differ 35. conclusions of practise drawne from practicall principles 21.

D

David came nearest to Adam in prudencie 31. he wrote two books of the psalmes and set them in order 166.

Daniel compared with A∣dam 31. he excelled in the interpretation of dreams ibid:

Defect threefold 117.

Divinitie compared to man∣na 1. the excellencie of it above all sciences and arts 1, 2. compared with Me∣taphysickes 6. with the

mathematicks and phy∣sicks ibid. with the law∣yer and the physitian ibid. with morall philosophie ibid. and 7. with gram∣mer and rhetorick 8. it rectifieth all other sciences 9.

Dough of Egypt called the bread of the poore 2.

Dreams whether more ex∣cellent then visions 49. the prophets had the dreams with the inter∣pretation of them 48. the difference of them ibid. why god taught his pro∣phets by dreames 49.

E

Egypt watered with the feet of men 2. it resembleth the world ibid. the people of god vnderstood not the lan∣guage of it 93.

Elephant hath no proper name in the hebrew 30. it is circumscribed by other words

Esdras wrote none of the books over againe which were written before the captivitie but onely set them in order 119.

F

Faith the daughter of divi∣nitie 5 the farther it goeth from sense and reason, the more distinct & lesse vni∣versall 4. how faith, sense and reason apprehend things 3. the articles of faith taken generally or speciallie 63.

Fast of the Iewes for the translation of the bible in greeke 146.

Feast of tabernacles the last day the greatest 174 that day the Iewes read three parashoth ibid. Salomon blessed the people that day ibid. Christ the true Sa∣lomon taught the people that great day of the feast ibid.

G

Gate of knowledge foure fold 26.

Generation three fold 15.

God appeared immediately or mediately by an angell 45. hee appeared in the likenesse of an old man 26. the name god put to expresse any great thing 27.

H

Haphtorah the originall of it mistaken 157.

Hebrew tongue the originall 92. the dialects of it 93. many words in the He∣brew haue a contrarie sig∣nification 103.

Hedge fourefold 129.

Hellenismes and grecismes how they differ 104

Hereticks labour to ground their heresies on the scrip∣ture

I

Iewes orientall and occiden∣tall 109. faithfull keepers of the scriptures 110. bad interpreters ibid. the fa∣ble of the grecizing Iewes concerning the translati∣on of the Seventy 146. they would write no lan∣guage but in Hebrew let∣ters 111.

Ignorance damnable 64. ig∣norance of infirmitie ibid.

Iohn why called a divine 75. he saw Christ three wayes 43.

Ioseph came nearest to A∣dam in oeconomie 31. Io∣seph put for the whole Iewes 93.

Instruments of musick the Israelites kept them in captivitie, 119.

Interpretation the necessei∣tie of it, 162. words vn∣knowne to the Iewes in the old testament inter∣preted, 132.

Iustin martyr of a philoso∣pher became a divine, 7 he standeth for the trans∣lation of the Seventie, 143.

K

King wrote a copie of the law, 118.

Knowledge of the prophets kept by reading, 66.

Korahs posteritie died not with him, 176. they wrote some of the psalmes, ibid.

L

Language originall, the He∣brew, 89, 90. Languages that haue affinitie with the Hebrew, 93. and know in what language any book is written, 99.

Latine words made Greeke, Latine translation, vide translation.

Law or physicke, whether more excellent, 8. Moses

law divided in three parts, 164. in fiftie two sections, 175. read once in the yeare by the Iewes, ibid. the law written in the heart 34. difference be∣twixt the law of nature and the law of nations, 39. the breach of the law of nature worse then of the law of nations, ibid. the law perpetuall where the reason of it is perpetuall, 41.

M

Manna the bread of angells, 2. it resembleth divini∣tie, ibid.

Mary and Martha resemble the naturall and spirituall life.

Moses came nearest to A∣dams knowledge of gods attributes, 28.

N

Names fitted to the crea∣tures at the beginning, 30. names given to crea∣tures at the beginning which are not found now in the scriptures, ibid. many names in the scrip∣ture which are not He∣brew names, 97. proper names of the Chaldeans, Persians and Assyrians, 98.

Nathan wrote vntill the death of Salomon, 121.

O

Obscuritie three fold, 80.

Order foure fold, 82. order of the Evangelists, 83.

P

Paraphrase what, 158. Pa∣raphrases of the Iewes, how many, 159. Blasphe∣mous to be detested, ibid. ridiculous to be rejected, 160. paraphrases clea∣ring the Text are to bee admitted, 161.

Parashah mistaken, 174. di∣vision in parashoth most ancient, 145. parashoth divided three wayes, 173 how they distinguished the parashoth, ibid. divided according to these who read them, 176.

Points not from the begin∣ning 124. the Samaritan Copie hath not the Points, ibid. they were not with the letters in the dayes of the Seventy, ibid. other

languages derived from the hebrew have no points 126. They were found out by the Masoreth ibid they are sometimes put in the text and the letters in the margent 128. poynts ommitted in some words 129.

Present a thing present foure ways 181 Christ how pre∣sent in the Sacrament.

Priest asked counsell for the people 54 wherein hee might erre 57.

Prophets understood what they prophesied 47. their prophesies respect the se∣cond cause or the event 55. they had their hu∣mane learning from men 66. they had not their prophesie by habite, 67. they erred not writing the scriptures, 68. assisted by the spirit three wayes, 72. difference betwixt them and other prophets, 68. betwixt them and the Sybils, 73. they were the mouth of god 68. they are called the men of the spi∣rit, 71. the lord spake in them, 57. they wrote not with paine and studie, 74. some things written by them not as they were prophets, 120. why called the first prophets, 164. why the latter, ibid. the small prophets cited as one, 165.

Prophesie how long it endu∣red, 55. bestowed anew againe, ibid. some prophe∣sies not written. 122.

Psalmes divided in five bookes, 166. psalmes writ∣ten historically or prophe∣tically, 167. the authors of them, 166. their in∣scriptions in generall, 168 in particular, ibid. some inscriptions are Notes of musicke, 170. some in∣struments of musicke, ibid. the diverse times when they were sung, ibid. di∣vided according to their subiect, ibid. some alpha∣beticall, 171. psalmes of degrees, 169. the five last psalmes begin and end with halleluiah. 172.

Ptolomeus procured not the translation of the Seven∣ty, 144. his life, 146.

R

Reading the marginall and

line reading, 127. mar∣ginall and line reading both put in the Text by in∣terpreters, 128. diverse readings make not up di∣verse senses.

Reason not a judge in mat∣ter divine, not to be se∣cluded from divinitie, ib. she must not transcend her limits. 14.

Revelation two fold, 49. how god revealed him∣selfe to his church, 44.

S

Solomon compared with Adam 28. he was a holy man, 72. his writings not profitable, for the whole Church, perished, 121.

Samaritan edition not the originall, 112. it diffe∣reth as much from the originall as the Seventy, ibid. it addeth and dimi∣nisheth from the originall Text, 113. the writing of it in many parts Kab∣balisticall, 114. 115. 116.

Sciences, the birth of rea∣son, 3. Sciences fourefold, ibid.

Scriptures approved by Gods outward and inward te∣stimony, 76. reasons pro∣ving them to be divine, 87. they are clearely set downe, 80. they cohere well 104. the agreement of them, 81. not written to satisfie mens curiositie, 87 somethings in them bōr∣rowed from the heathen history, 96. some things from the Iewish history, ibid. Scriptures to be in∣terpreted, 162. their di∣vision 64. they were not divided in Chapters at the first, 175. divided in Haphtaroth and parashoth by the Iewes, ibid. of their sense 177. but one literall sense 178. how to finde out the literall sense, 179.

Seventy who and why so cal∣led, 143.

T

Text the meaning of it knowne by the antecedent and consequent, 130. threefold corruption 111.

Translation what 131. the translation of the Seventy 142. what a translator should observe, 132. 133. 134. vulgar Latine tran∣slation 153. by whom fini∣shed, ibid.

V

Verity threefold 16.

Vision twofold, 45. fourefold, 57.

Vrim and Thummim what 51. what sort of revelati∣on by them ibid. how the Lord taught the Priest by them, 53. they asked counsell by them in weigh∣tie matters, 55. they were not in the second Tem∣ple, 59.

W

Word why God would have it written 6•• the certaine∣ty of it ibid. considered two wayes, 61.

World compared to Egypt,

Y

Yere twofold, 175. the Law read once in the yeare, ibid.