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.

SECT. 8.

§. 1. Of the Pentateuch or Books of the Law.

Genesis treats of the Church, to whom the Law was to be delivered.

Genesis contains

• 1. The Creation of the Church; and therein
  • 1. Of the great world in which it was to live. [Chap. 1]
  • 2. Of the lesser world, Man, of which it was to be
    • his Happiness. [Chap. 2]
    • his Misery. [Chap. 3]
• 2. The Constitution of the Church, which must be considered as it was in the two worlds.
  • 1. The old world before the flood; wherein consider
    • The propagation of sin and punishment. [Chap. 4]
    • The conservation of the Church. [Chap. 5]
    • The condemnation of the wicked world
      • Foretold. [Chap. 6]
      • Executed. [Chap. 7]
  • 2. The new world after the flood in the ages of four men.
    • 1. Noah; in whom consider
      • His deliverance from the deluge. [Chap. 8]
      • His blessing from God. [Chap. 9]
      • His posterity, as
        • United. [Chap. 10]
        • Dispersed, out of which God chose his Church. [Chap. 11]
      • 2. Abraham; in whom consider
        • His vocation in the former part of Chapter [Chap. 12]
        • His peregrination
          • 1. Into Egypt, in the latter part of Ch. [Chap. 12]
          • 2. Into Canaan. [Chap. 13]
        • His dealings or action
          • 1. With Lot. [Chap. 14]
          • 2. With God, who
            • Promised him issue, [Chap. 15]
            • Gave him a childe, and [Chap. 16]
            • Made his covenant with him.

• ...
  • ...
    • ...
      • ...
        • ...
          • ...
            • ...
              • Of which Covenant, consider
                • 1. The form. Chap. 17.
                • 2. The fruit,
                  • 1. On Gods part, in the communication of his
                    • Councels and secrets. [Chap. 18]
                    • Benefits in
                      • Delivering Lot. [Chap. 19]
                      • Succoring Abraham. [Chap. 20]
                      • Giving him Isaac. [Chap. 21]
                  • 2. On Abrahams part, who is commended for his
                    • Obedience and faith in offering Isaac. [Chap. 22]
                    • Love and justice in burying Sarah. [Chap. 23]
                    • Providence and piety in marrying Isaac. [Chap. 24]
      • 3. Isaac; in whom consider
        • His issue or kindred. [Chap. 25]
        • His travels and troubles. [Chap. 26]
        • His Prophesies concerning the state of the Church in his two Sons. [Chap. 27]
      • 4. Jacob; in whom consider his peregrination
        • Into Mesapotamia, where note
          • His journey thither. [Chap. 28]
          • His arrival and marriage. [Chap. 29]
          • His riches and children. [Chap. 30]
        • Into Canaan, where
          • His journey thither. [Chap. 31]
          • Arrival; and there
            • His congress with Esau. [Chap. 32, 33.]
            • His progress with grief in
              • Dinahs rape. [Chap. 34]
              • Rachels death. [Chap. 35, 36.]
              • Josephs selling. [Chap. 37]
              • Judahs incest. [Chap. 38]
        • Into Egypt, whither went
          • 1. His Sons
            • Joseph, in whom his
              • Affliction. [Chap. 39, 40.]
              • Dignity & preferment [Chap. 41]
            • The other Brethren. [Chap. 42, 43, 44.]
          • 2. Himself, wherein
            • His sending for by Joseph. [Chap. 45]
            • Travelling thither. [Chap. 46]
            • Abode there; where his
              • Conferring. [Chap. 47]
              • Blessing. [Chap. 48]
              • Prophesying [Chap. 49]
              • Dying. [Chap. 50]

§. 2. Exodus treats of the Law-giving to the Church generally

• ...Ecclesiastical
• ...Political

together.

Exodus contains

• I. The deliverance of the people to whom the Law was to be given.
  • 1. Occasion of it, The Tyranny of the Egyptians. [Chap. 1]
  • 2. Instrument by whom effected (Moses) of whose
    • 1. Birth. [Chap. 2]
    • 2. Calling. [Chap. 3]
    • 3. Assistant, Aaron. [Chap. 4]
    • 4. Sayings to the King of Egypt. [Chap. 5, 6.]
    • 5. Signs which he wrought in Egypt
      • Confirming his calling [Chap. 7]
      • Confounding the king [Chap. 8, 9, 10, 11.]
  • 3. Deliverance it self, wherein the peoples
    • 1. Departure out of Egypt. [Chap. 12]
    • 2. Ratification of it by signs and observations. [Chap. 13]
    • 3. Passage thorow the Red Sea. [Chap. 14]
    • 4. Thanksgiving after they were over. [Chap. 15]
  • 4. Consequents of their deliverance,
    • 1. Provision of victuals and necessaries, Quails and Manna. [Chap. 16]
    • 2. Defence and protection from their enemies, Amalekites. [Chap. 17]
    • 3. Administration of Justice by Jethro's counsel. [Chap. 18]
• II. The delivery of the Law it self unto the people; wherein consider
  • 1. How it was given by God,
    • 1. The preparation before it. [Chap. 19]
    • 2. Parts or kindes of it,
      • 1. Moral, in two Tables of stone. [Chap. 20]
      • 2. Judicial. [Chap. 21, 22, 23.]
      • 3. Ceremonial
        • Feasts. [Chap. 24]
        • Tabernacles & instruments. [Chap. 25, 26, 27.]
        • Priests and their garments. [Chap. 28, to 31.]
  • 2. How it was taken and obeyed by the people.
    • 1. Moral Law,
      • 1. Their transgression in the golden Calf. [Chap. 32]
      • 2. Reconciliation to God by Moses prayer. [Chap. 33]
      • 3. Restitution of the Law by the finger of God. [Chap. 34]
    • 2. Ceremonial; wherein is set down the building of the Tabernable, from [Chap. 35, ad fin]

§. 3. Leviticus treats of holy observations and persons.

1. Sacrifices or offerings; their

• 1. Sorts or kindes, distinguished by their
  • Matter, of which
    • ...Animalia. [Chap. 1]
    • ...Inanimata. [Chap. 2]
  • Occasion for which they were
    • 1. Good things from God. [Chap. 3]
    • 2. Evils done by men. [Chap. 4, 5.]
• 2. Rites about them. [Chap. 6, 7.]

2. Persons

• 1. Publique; viz. the Priests, their
  • 1. Consecration to their Office. [Chap. 8]
  • 2. Execution of their Office. [Chap. 9]
  • 3. Transgression in their Office. [Chap. 10]
• 2. Private, in respect of their Sanctification.
  • 1. Particular, of one man; where observe the ways whereby he is polluted— viz.
    • 1. Eating. [Chap. 11]
    • 2. Childebearing. [Chap. 12]
    • 3. Leprosie. [Chap. 13, 14.]
    • 4. Flux. [Chap. 15]
  • 2. Common, of the whole Church, in things
    • 1. Necessary, about which consider
      • 1. The Laws which concern either
        • 1 Purification for sins
          • Ordinary. [Chap. 16]
          • Extraordinary. [Chap. 17]
        • 2. Information of their lives.
          • 1. Oeconomical about marriages. [Chap. 18]
          • 2. Political about their carriages. [Chap. 19, 20.]
          • 3. Ecclesiastical: which laws consider
            • 1. Persons. [Chap. 21]
            • 2. Things. [Chap. 22]
            • 3. Times,
              • Days. [Chap. 23, 24.]
              • Years. [Chap. 25]
      • 2. Obligation of them by Promises and Threatnings. [Chap. 26]
    • 2. Voluntary, Chap. last. [Chap. 27]

§. 4. Numbers, of Laws for most part Political, occasioned by the mustering of the people for their journey to Canaan.

Numbers. This story contains

• 1. Their preparation to the journey; wherein
  • 1. Their mustering or numbering, which was either
    • Civil, of the people that were
      • 1. Numbred. [Chap. 1]
      • 2. Ordered. [Chap. 2]
    • Sacred, of the Priests that were
      • 1. Numbred. [Chap. 3]
      • 2. Ordered. [Chap. 4]
  • 2. Laws given them, which are either
    • Common to all, about sanctity in things
      • Necessary. [Chap. 5]
      • Voluntary. [Chap. 6]
    • Particular for the
      • 1. Laity; viz. The Tribes. [Chap. 7]
      • 2. Clergy; viz. The Priests & Levites. [Chap. 8]
  • 3. Maner of their
    • 1. Sanctification and order. [Chap. 9]
    • 2. Progress or journey. [Chap. 10]
• 2. Their journeys, which are distinguished by a story of eight murmurings of the people:
  • 1. For the tediousness of their journey. [Chap. 11]
  • 2. For loathsomness of the Manna.
  • 3. For the emulation of Miriam and Aaron against Moses. [Chap. 12]
  • 4. For the sedition of the Spies who
    • Murmured. [Chap. 13]
    • were plagued. [Chap. 14]
    • reconciled. [Chap. 15]
  • 5. For the Conspiracy of the three Levites, Corah, Dathan and Abiram. [Chap. 16]
  • 6. For the indignation of the people at the former judgements; wherein
    • Their murmuring. [Chap. 17]
    • Their reconciling
      • Persons. [Chap. 18]
      • Maner. [Chap. 19]
  • 7. For want of water. [Chap. 20]
  • 8. For wearisomness of the way. [Chap. 21]
• 3. Their stations or abode when they came near to Canaan, which hath two stories that concern

• ...
  • 1. The People who were to inherit, considered as
    • 1. Conquerors of their Enemies. Chap. 22.
    • 2. Encountred by Magick Arts, Balaam. [Chap. 22, 23, 24.]
    • 3. Disordered with Idolatry and fornication. [Chap. 25]
    • 4. Reconciled, and again mustered. [Chap. 26]
    • 5. Furnished with a new Prince. [Chap. 27]
    • 6. Instructed about sacred things
      • Necessary. [Chap. 28, 29.]
      • Voluntary. [Chap. 30]
  • 2. The Inheritance it self, considered
    • 1. In a part of it
      • 1. Conquered. [Chap. 31]
      • 2. Disposed. [Chap. 32]
        • Where by a digression their journeys are reckoned all together. [Chap. 33]
    • 2. The whole, wherein are set down
      • 1. The Bounds or Division of the Land. [Chap. 34]
      • 2. The Law, concerning the inheritance of the
        • Priests. [Chap. 35]
        • People. [Chap. 36]

§. 5. Deuteronomy is a Repetition of the Law.

1. Preparation of the People to receive the Law by Moses

• 1. Rehearsal of Gods blessings to them in peace. [Chap. 1]
• 2. Good success which they had in War. [Chap. 2, 3.]
• 3. Councel. [Chap. 4, 5.]

2. Promulgation of the Law given to the people.

• 1. The propounding of it.
• 2. The expounding of it, namely, the
  • 1. Moral Law,
    • generally. [Chap. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.]
    • specially. [Chap. 12, 13.]
  • 2. Ceremonial Law. [Chap. 14, 15, 16]
  • 3. Judicial Law, as it was either
    • Common to all. [Chap. 17]
    • Singular for
      • Priests. [Chap. 18]
      • People. [Chap. 19]
      • War. [Chap. 20]
      • Civil justice. [Chap. 21, to 27.]

3. Confirmation of the Law after it was given— By

• 1. Signs. [Chap. 27]
• 2. Promises and Threatnings. [Chap. 28]
• 3. Renovation of the Covenant. [Chap. 29, 30.]
• 4. The Election of a new Captain. [Chap. 31]
• 5. Prophesies. [Chap. 32, 33.]

[Chap. 34] 4. Conclusion of all by the death of Moses.

Hitherto of the Law.

Now of the Prophets, which are either

• Historical, called the Anterior Prophets.
• Doctrinal, called Hagyographa.
• Prophetical, called Posterior Prophets.