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First, A Concordance of Things.
Secondly, A Concordance of Words.
1. In the Learned Languages.
First, For the Hebrew.
Secondly, For the Greek.
1. Of the Septuagint.
2. Of the New Testament.
N. The chief use indeed of these Concor∣dances in the Original Tongues, is much the same as of Glossaries, and of Con∣cordances of Things, that is, to find out the different Acceptations of the same Word, in order to clear an Obscure or Doubtful Text. For in these Concordances every considerable Word of Scripture being presented to the Eye in one View of all those Places where it occurs; it will be easily gathered, by considering the Nature, Circumstances, and Scope of these several Places, what are the diffe∣rent senses it will bear, and what it most properly signifies in any of those, which by an ill rendring are made either Doubtful or Obscure. But however this being a part purely Critical, for which not many of our American Pastors may have leisure, the want of these may be easily dispenc'd with, and may be supply'd by the Glossaries and Concordances of Things before-mention'd. But Concordances in the Vulgar Languages are useful in another way, and necessary for all. To proceed then,
2. In our Vulgar Tongue, or in English.