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Title: A briefe chronologie of the holie scriptures as plaine and easie as may be, according to the extent of the seuerall historicall bookes thereof. Comprised first in a few verses to a short vievve for some helpe of memorie: and afterward more particularly layd forth and explaned, for a further light to the course and proceeding of the holy sorte. With a catalogue of the holy prophets of God, as touching the times wherein they prophesied.
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Print source: A briefe chronologie of the holie scriptures as plaine and easie as may be, according to the extent of the seuerall historicall bookes thereof. Comprised first in a few verses to a short vievve for some helpe of memorie: and afterward more particularly layd forth and explaned, for a further light to the course and proceeding of the holy sorte. With a catalogue of the holy prophets of God, as touching the times wherein they prophesied.
Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?, attributed name.
London: Printed by Iohn Harison [3], for Thomas Man, 1600.
Subject terms:
Bible -- Chronology -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03887.0001.001
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To the Reader.
A briefe Chronologie of the holy Scriptures. Comprised first in a few verses.
A more full opening and expla∣ning of the former verses, for a further light to the course of the Storie, according to the Index of the letters prefixed vnto them, and first con∣cerning GENESIS. 2368. yeares.
EXODVS 146 yeares.
LEVITICVS, only one moneth.
NVMBERS, 38 yeares, and 9 moneths.
DEVTERONOMIE, two moneths at the least, which make vp the 39. yeare of the booke of Numbers, and rea∣cheth to the end of the fortith yeare that Mo∣ses spake to Israell.
IOSHVAH, 17 yeares.
IVDGES, 299 yeares.
1. Booke of SAMVEL, 80 yeares.
2. Booke of SAMVEL, 40 yeares.
1. Booke of KINGS, 117 yeares.
2. Booke of KINGS, 345 yeares.
1. Booke of CHRONICLES.
2. Booke of CHRONICLES, continueth the Storie 25 yeares longer then 2. Kings.
EZRA, NEHEMIAH, and DANIEL, 490 yeares.
EZRA.
NEHEMIAH.
ESTER.
DANIEL.
From the Creation of man to the death of our Sauiour yeares 3966 by the former account.
From the birth of our Sauiour Christ to this present yeare of the same our Lord Iesus Christ his reigne, are 1600 yeares.
A Catalogue of the holy Pro∣phetes of God, as well of those so called, whose Prophesies are not expressedly recorded, as of the rest: according to the order and course of the times wherein they pro∣phesied, by a distribution of them into certaine Classes or companies. And first, of the Prophets among the Patriarches or chiefe Fathers before the Flood.
Prophetes, such as were Patri∣arches, or chiefe Fathers of the people of God, since the flood to the time of the Iudges, which was the space of more then 700 yeares.
Prophetes, such as were in the time of the Iudges, and so forth to the beginning of the reigne of the Kings.
Prophetes, such as were from the beginning of the reigne of the kings of Iudah and Israel, the which we are to consider of, vnder ma∣ny companies. But first concerning some of the Kings themselues.
Prophetes, such as God sent spe∣cially to Iuda, and to the Kings thereof, after that the ten tribes were departed from them.
Prophetes which the Lord sent to the tenne tribes of Israel, and to the Kinges thereof, after that they were departed from the tribe of Iudah.
Prophetes, vvhich prophesied more iointly, both cōcerning Iuda, & also concer∣ning Israel, after their separation: yea, and some of thē, euen after the captiuities of either of them.
Prophetes, vvhich prophesied more spially concerning forreigne nations.
Prophetes of the newe Testament.
The Conclusion.
The few errata escaped in some bookes of this Impression.