The Translators to the Reader.
thee to God, and to the Spirit of his grace, which is able to build further than we can ask or think. He removeth the scales from our eyes, the vail from our hearts, opening our wits that we may understand his word, enlarging our hearts, yea, correcting our affections, that we may love it above gold and silver, yea, that we may love it to the end. Ye are brought unto fountains of living water which ye digged not; do not cast earth into them, with the Philistines, Gen.26.15. neither prefer broken pits before them, with the wicked Jews. Jer.2.13. Others have laboured, and you may enter into their labours. O receive not so great things in vain: O despise not so great salvation. Be not like swine to tread under foot so precious things, neither yet like dogs to tear and abuse holy things. Say not to our Saviour with the Gergesites, Mat.8:34Depart out of our coasts; neither yet with Esau Heb.12.16. sell your birthright for a mess of pottage. If light be come into the world, love not darkness more than light; if food, if clothing, be offered, go not naked, starve not yourselves. Remember the advice of Nazianzene, Nazianz. περὶ ἁγ. βαπτ. Δεινὸν πανήγυριν παρελθεῖν, καὶ τηνικαῦτα πραγματείαν ἐπιζητεῖν. It is a grievous thing (or dangerous) to neglect a great fair, and to seek to make markets afterwards: also the encouragement of St. Chrysostome, S. Chrysost. in Epist. ad Rom. c. 14 orat. 26. in ἠθικ. Ἀμήχανον, σφόδρα ἀμήχανον. It is altogether impossible, that he that is sober (and watchful) should at any time be neglected: lastly, the admonition and menacing of St. Augustine, S. August. ad artic. sibi falso object. Art. 16. They that despise God's will inviting them shall feel God's will taking vengeance of them. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God; Heb.10.31. but a blessed thing it is, and will bring us to everlasting blessedness in the end, when God speaketh unto us, to hearken; when he setteth his word before us, to read it; when he stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to answer, Here am I, here we are to do thy will, O God. The Lord work a care and conscience in us to know him and serve him, that we may be acknowledged of him at the appearing of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, to whom with the Holy Ghost be all praise and thanksgiving. Amen.
The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and New Testament, with the Number of their Chapters.
The Books of the Old Testament.
GEnesis hath Chapters50
Exodus40
Leviticus27
Numbers36
Deuteronomy34
Joshua24
Judges21
Ruth4
I. Samuel31
II. Samuel24
I. Kings22
II. Kings25
I. Chronicles29
II. Chronicles36
Ezra10
Nehemiah13
Esther10
Job42
Psalms150
Proverbs31
Ecclesiastes12
The Song of Solomon8
Isaiah66
Jeremiah52
Lamentations5
Ezekiel48
Daniel12
Hosea14
Joel3
Amos9
Obadiah1
Jonah4
Micah7
Nahum3
Habakkuk3
Zephaniah3
Haggai2
Zechariah14
Malachi4
The Books called Apocrypha.
I. ESdras hath Chapters9
II. Esdras 16
Tobit 14
Judith 16
The rest of Esther 6
Wisdom 19
Ecclesiasticus 51
Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah 6
The Song of the 3 Children.
The Story of Susanna.
The Idol Bel, and the Dragon.
The Prayer of Manasses.
I. Maccabees 16
II. Maccabees 15
The Books of the New Testament.
MAtthew hath Chapters 28
Mark16
Luke24
John21
The Acts28
The Epistle to the Romans16
I. Corinthians16
II. Corinthians13
Galatians6
Ephesians6
Philippians4
Colossians4
I. Thessalonians5
II. Thessalonians3
I. Timothy6
II. Timothy4
Titus3
Philemon1
To the Hebrews13
The Epistle of James5
I. Peter5
II. Peter3
I. John5
II. John1
III. John1
Jude1
Revelation22
