Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.
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London :: Printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, at the Greyhound in Pauls Church-yard,
1650. [i.e. 1649]
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
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"Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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SECT. 7. Of the Analysis of the whole Bible, and especially (as in the first-place) of the Old Testament.
IN reading of the Scripture (Section 4.) we spake of an Ana∣litical Table, that so we might better mark the drift and scope of the Holy Ghost, and that we might with singular ease and delight remember the same: To this purpose I have annexed this Analysis, 1. of the whole Bible; 2. of the several parts.
The whole Bible is divided into two Testaments,
Old.
New.
1. The Old Testament Christ divides into
the Law.
the Prophets.
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1. The Law is in the Pentateuch of Moses, comprehended in this verse, —Genesis, Exo: Levi: Numerorum, Deuteronomi.
Wherein is
1. The object of the Law to whom it was to be delivered, viz. To the Church in its Original, in—Genesis.
2. The promulgation of the Law, which was delivered either
Joyntly, the Law Ecclesiastical & Civil in—Exodus.
Severally, the Law
Ecclesiastical and Civil, in— Leviticus.
Political, in—Numbers.
3. The repetition of the Law after once delivered in— Deuteronomy.
2. The Pro∣phets are
1. Historical, declaring time past, comprehended in this verse, —Joshuae, Judicum, Ruth, Regum, Paralip. —Ez. Neb. Esther.
2. Dogmatical, instructing for faith and life pre∣sent, as —Job, David, Proverb: Ecclesia: Cantic:
3. Prophetical, foretelling things to come, as —Isaiah, Jeremi. Thren. Ezekiel, Daniel{que}, Hose: Joel, Amos, Obedi. Jona. Micha. Nahum{que}, Habbakuk, Zephani: Haggai, Zachari: Malachia.
As for
Esdra: Tobit, Judith, pars Esth: Sapit: —Ecclesiastic.
Baruch, tres Pueri, Susanna, Bel, Machabaei. —Non sunt de Canone libri.
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