A commentary upon the whole Old Testament, added to that of the same author upon the whole New Testament published many years before, to make a compleat work upon the whole Bible. Vols. 2-4. Wherein the divers translations and expositions, literall and mysticall, of all the most famous commentators both ancient and modern are propounded, examined, and judged of, for the more full satisfaction of the studious reader in all things, and many most genuine notions inserted for edification in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. A work, the like unto which hath never yet been published by any man, yet very necessary, nor only for students in divinity; but also for every Christian that loveth the knowledge of divine things, or humane, whereof this comment is also full. Consisting of IV parts. I Upon the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses. II Upon the historical part, from Joshua to Esther. III Upon Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Solomons Song. IV Upon all the prophets both great and small. By John Mayer, doctor of divinity.

Theologicall Common places.

1. Of the Creation.

Prov. 8. 27. I was with God when he made the Heavens, and the Fountains. 20. 12. The Eye to see, and the Eare God made, 3. 19. God in wisdome made heaven and earth. 26. 10. the great God made all. 30. 4. Who gathereth the wind in his fist, and stablisheth the bounds of the earth. Eccles. 3. 11. He hath made all things excellent, and placed the world in the midst. 7. 20. God made man righteous.

2. Of the Church.

Prov. 9. 1. Wisdome hath built her house. Vers. 3. 4. She hath sent out her Maidens, that is the Doctors of the Church. c. 11. 30. He that teacheth souls is wise.

3. Of the confession of sin.

Prov. 28. 13. He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins, shall have &c.

4. Of Hypocrites.

Prov. 30. 12. Pure in his own eyes, unclean. ch. 11. 9. The hypocrite corrupts his friend with his tongue. 29. 28. The mouth of the hypocrite covers iniquity.

5. Of Hell.

Prov. 25. 11. Hell and destruction before the Lord. ch. 11. 31. The just shall be recompenced, much more the wicked.

6. Of God and his Son.

Prov. 30. 4. What his name, and his Sons? Wisdome. ch. 1. 20. Wisdome cryeth abroad. 8. 1. Wisdome uttereth her voice. v. 12. I dwell with knowledge. v. 22. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his wayes. 15. 3. God is in every place with his eyes beholding the good and bad. 20. 27. 17. 3. 5. 22. The wayes of a man, in the sight of the Lord. 16. 2: That ponders the spirits is the Lord. 16. 1. Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue from God. 22. 12. The eyes of God keep knowledge. 20. 24. The goings of a man directed by God. 16. 7 He whose wayes please God, his enemies shall be his friends. 21. 1. The heart of a King is in Gods hands as the rivers of water. 16. 33. The lot disposed by the Lord. 29. 26. Every ones judge∣ment is from the Lord. 19. 21. The counsell of the Lord standeth. 21. 30. No wis∣dome or knowledge against God. v. 31. The horse prepared to battell, the victory of God. 18. 10. As a strong tower the name of the Lord. v. 16. 3. Roul thy works upon God, and stablisht shalt thou be 3. 6. In all thy wayes acknowledge God. Eccl. 5. 7. If thou seest the oppression of the poor, or subreption of judgement, it is from Gods will, the high that is above the high, observes it. Pr. 16. 4. God made all things for himself, and the wicked &c.

7. Of Hope.

Prov. 10. 28. The expectation of the just is joy, but the hope of the wicked perisheth. 16. 20. Happy is he that trusts in God. 13. 12. Hope deferred is a fainting to the bones. 14. 32. The just hopeth in his death. 25. 19. The hope of a sinner is as a broken tooth, or a sliding foot. 11. 7. When the wicked dyeth, his hope perisheth.

8. Of Mans ignorance.

Prov. 30. 2. The understanding of a man is not in me, I am more foolish, &c. Eccles. 3. 21. He knows not whether his spirit shall ascend upward, and the spirit of a beast down. 8. 17. Man cannot finde the worke done here.

9. Of Piety and fear of God.

Prov. 1. 7. The fear of God the beginning of wisdome, 9, 10. 15. 24. 3. 5. Trust in God, and lean not to thy own understanding. v. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes, trust in God. 24. 21. My son fear God. 30. 26. Our trust to be put in God▪ as Conies in &c. 16. 6. In the fear of God is departing from evill. 14. 26. In the fear of God is sure confidence. 22. 4. For humility, and the feare of God, riches, and glory. v. 19. Keep the word, and God shall be thy trust. 10. 27. The fear of God lengthneth dayes. 14. 27. The feare of God a veine of life. 28. 25. That trusts in God shall be fat. 28. 14. He is blessed that feareth alwayes, 16. 20. Eccles. 7. 19. That feareth God comes out of hurt.

10. Of Prayer and Sacrifice.

Prov. 21. 27. 15. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked an abomination to God. 21. 13. That stops his ears at the cry of the poor. he shall cry, and not be heard. ••. 29. He is far from wicked, but hears the prayers of right. 28. 9. He that hears not the law, his prayer an abomination. 27. 3. To doe justice better then sacrifice. Eccles. 4. 17. Be readier to hear then to sacrifice, as fools.

11. Of Scorners.

Prov. 15. 12. A scorner loves not a reprover. 14. 6. A scorner seeks wisdome

and findes it not. 13. 1. A scorner loves not reproof. 9. 12. If thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer. 29. 8. Scorners insnare a City. 19. 29. Judgements are prepared for scorners.

12. Of Thoughts.

Prov. 12. 5. The thoughts of the just are judgement. ch. 12. 2. A man of evill thoughts God will condemne. 24. 8. He shall be called a man of evill thoughts. v. 9. The evill thought of a fool is sin. 14. 22. Doe not they erre that thinke evill? 5. 2. Attend to wisdome, and keep thy thoughts. 15. 26. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination. 6. 18. God hateth the heart that thinketh evill.

13. Of trusting in God.

See before under Piety.

14. Of Vows.

Prov. 20. 25. It is destruction after vows to enquire. Eccles. 5. 3. To performe thy vows to God, delay not.

15. Of the wicked and godly.

Prov. 14. 2. He that walks uprightly, feareth God. c. 11. 23. The desire of the just is onely good, but of the &c. 16. 17. The way of the just is to decline from evill. 21. 15. It is a joy to the just to do justice, but &c. 4. 16. The path of the righteous as the light, but &c. 20. 16. The work of the righteous is to life, but &c. 28. 18. He that walks uprightly shall be safe. 10. 7. The memory of the just blessed, but the name of the wicked rots. 11. 8. The just is delivered out of streights, and the wicked &c. 13. 25. The just eats to fatnesse. 10. 30. The just shall not be moved for ever. v. 6. 19. 28. Blessings upon the head of the just. 20. 7. The children of the just walker shall be blessed. 21. 18. The wicked given for the redemption of the just. 11. 6. The justice of the just shall deliver them. 12. 28. In the path of justice is life. 11. 5. The righteousnesse of the perfect directs his way. 12. 13. The just shall come out of streights. 12. 21. v. 12. 13. 6. Justice keeps the perfect in the way. v. 13. 14. c. 14. 19. The wicked bow before the good. 2. 21. The righteous shall inhabit the earth. 16. 30. He that shuts his eyes to thinke evill, moves his lips. 21. 10. The soule of the wicked desireth evill. 4. 14. The wicked sleep not till they have done evill. 16. 27. The wicked diggeth evill, and is as burning f••re. 8. 5. Evill men understand not judgement. 21. 29. The wicked hardens his face. 10. 23. It is a sport to fools to do abominably, 25. c. 24. 2. The lips of the evill speak wickedly. 28 4. They that forsake the law praise the wicked. 17 4. The evill give eare to an evill tongue. 26. 11. As a dog to his vomit, so a fool to his folly. 13. 19. It is an abomination to fools to depart from evill. 11. 18. The wicked doth a lying work, v. 19. 21. 13. 21. Affliction followeth sinners, but good to the just. 1. 27. The de∣struction of the wicked comes as a whirlwind. 2. 22. They shall be rooted out of the earth. 18. 3. When the wicked comes, contempt comes. 29. 6. There is a snare in sin∣ning, but the just sings. 11. 21. Though hand joyne in hand the wicked shall not prosper. 12. 12. God subverts the wicked for their evill. 5. 22. The wicked taken with sin as with ropes. 12. 3. The wicked not stable but the just takes root. 22. 5. Thornes and snares in the way of the wicked. 14. 32. The wicked shall be expelled for his sin. 2. 7. God overturns the house of the wicked. 22. 1. He that soweth iniquity shall reap it. 13. 9. The light of the just, and of the wicked. 23. 20. 31. 9. The way of the wicked abomination to God. Eccle. 8. 12, 13. Although a sinner sin a hundred times, and God prolong his dayes, it shall not go well v. 14. There is a vanity, that it happens to the just, as to the wicked, and to the wicked &c. 9. 1. A man knows not the things that are before him, love or hatred, v. 2. 3. 7. 15. There is a just man that perisheth in his justice, and a wicked prolonging his life by his wickednesse.