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Show rm. 3. goo raring. OF A CHRISTIAN Gimp." left us no other for holy Scripture in the (Zack tongue , but the fame that are recei ved in the Church ofEngland. As for the Books ofthe New Teftament,they are equally ackno w- ledged for Canon by all Chriftian Churches , and by all Sects of Chriflians, 7'2?" AW" Wt)" that admit any Books at all for Canonicall. Who were the originall writers of the feverall Books of Holy Scripture, has not been made evident by any fufficient teitimony oi other Hiltory, ( which is the only proof of matter of fact ) ; nor can by any arguments ofnaturall Reafon : for R eafon ferves only to convince the truth (not of fact, but) of confequence. The light therefore that mull guide us in this queflion, mull he that which is held out unto us from the Bookes themfelves : And this light, i it ihew us not the writer of every book , yet it is not unufefull thougl to gi re us knowledge of the time, wherein they were written. | And firfi, forthe Pentarearb, it is not argument enough that the were written b Mofer, becaufe the are called the five Books ofMa- [(5, no more than thefe titles, T e Book of Iii/him , the Book of Judges, the Book ofRail), and the Books of the King: , argu- ments fulficient to prove, that they were written by Ia/Zwaaare , by the Judges, by Rail), and by the Kings. For in titles ofBooks, the fill)- jeét is marked, as often as the writer. The mam 0/1.ij , denotes the Writer; but the Hiflory af Sadnderbtg, is denominated from the The Peml- fubjee‘t. We read in the lafi Chapter of Deataroaomia, wr. 6. con» "u?" "‘7‘ cerning the fepulcher of Mafcr, that no man lmawczb of lair [apt/[a lan- gm?" 1" afar. to 31m :14 , that is to the day wherein thofe words . were writte _ . n. It 15 there ore manif. 'efl, that tliofe words were writt en after his interrement. For it were a {trange interpretation,to fay {pike of hi< own fepulcher( though by Prophecy ), that it wasMa/er not found to that day, wherein he was yet living. But it may perhaps be alltdg ed,th; :t the lafl Chapter only, not the whole I'tfitflttttf/J,W35 written by four: Other man, but the tell not: Let us therefore confider that which we find in the Book of Gmefls, chap. 1 2. 1/". 6. And Abraham pa A [chafing/J ti): [and to 2/1: place afSichem, mm the [214m of Mort h. audib e Canaanite ma: than in :17: land; which mull needs bee the words of one that wrote when the Cayman": was not in the land ~, and confe quently, not ofMo/Es, who dyed before he came into it. Likew1fe Number: 21. run. 14. the Writer Citcth another more ancient Book, Entituled, The Baal- ofthe Warn : oft/J: L ard , wherein were regifired the Acts of Mia/agar the R ed-fe It is therefore fufliciently evident,thar thea,and at the brook of Amanfive Books ofMofer were wfrlitten after his time , though how long after it be not to mam! e . But though Moftr did not compile thofe Books entire-1v. and in the 0m we have them; yet he wrote all that which lave written: as for example, the Volume ofth hee is iherc find to tained, as it feemeth, in the 1 1 of Demronomie e Law, which is con, and the following llaPICtS to the 27. which was alfo commande DM- 31. 9' {19065, In their entry into the land ofCanaan. d to be Written on And this alfo did Mafv himfelf write, and deliv ered to the Prieits and Elders ofIfrarl, to be read I COMMON-WEALTH. Chap.33. . ‘ alfcm blin g in the feali f tenth 'ear to all IfMtl at their hfafgfrrhfac‘l‘es. Anyd this is that Law which God commanded , that ' their Kings (when they fhould have eitablifhed that form of Government ) {hould take a copy. offrom the Priefls and LcVIECSBFEfl 331:? Dm I 26 Mofes commanded the I'Irielts and LCVltCS ro lay in It ie(7 iti c ft c Arke; and the fame which haying been loft , was ongf tire a bet .3 . . found again by Hz'lkia/a, and fent to King Iofzar, who Cdm 12c!" t0 C 2King.22.8. read to {he PeOple, renewed the Covenant between Go an t rem. 0. 23'l1213" ( That the Book of Iii/him was allo written long after the time of (The 1366140, Iq/lma, may be gathered out of many places ofthe Book it felf. 1.: ma iii/:1}: :2"?had fer u twelve {tones in the middeft of Iardaa , for a monument of timr.‘ their pallage; ofwhichthe Writer faith thus, They/are there zmta rim 3%- A?" 0 day, for male that day, is a phrafe that lignifietn a time pail, beyond the memory of man. . lnli e manner, upon the flying of the Lord, 70fl}.5. '. that he had rolled offfrom the people the Reproach of fig}?! , the Writer faith, Tbeplace it (.1!ch Gilgal mire this 314}, vhich to have laidinthe time offs/72a; had been improper. So alfothe name of the Valley ofAc/ior, from the trouble that Ac/J/m 1:11de in the Camp, fr: 7_ -, ~, the Writer faith , remaimz/y 1mm this day; which muft needs bee therefore long after the time ofIajbzra. Arguments ofthis kind there be many other, 3514/7). 8. 29. 13.13. 14.14. 15.63. The fame is manifef't by like arguments or the BOOk of badger, The-E0911; ,Jr {113134, 21,16. 6. 24. IO. 4. 15.19. 17. 6. and Rat/21. 1. but judge: dad efpecially Inc/g. 18. 30. where it is find, that jonathan (ma/1225 foams Ruth written were Pug/l: to the Trzbeaf Dan,zmti/I t/ae day of the captivity of the $31; 51ft?" Ike lind. PLUM}. That the Books of Samae/ were alfo Written after his own time, Thirty; there are the like arguments, 1 Sam. 5. 5. 7.13, 1 5. .27? 6. 8:30.23. the Boolg'i cf where, after David had adjudged equall pait of the lpOilcs, to them 54'1""!- ihit guarded the Ammunition, with them that fought , the Writer ILrilCIIc made It a Statute andaa Ora'z'aamtto Ifrael 2a fly/5 day. Again, 2 5471' 6 u hen 1).: wt! ( tlilplealEd, that the Lord had flain V'i'La/J, for putting " " ‘ 4' out his hand to ful'tain the Ark,) called the place Perez: 'fi ,4 1 , the W iittr faith, it is called fo to tho-day : the time therefore ofthe wri- ILHL‘, oftliat Book, mull be long after the time ofthe fact, that is, long altei' the time tit-David. As forthe two Books of the King, and the two Books (Mame/ti, beiides the places which mention fuch monuments, ofthe 7,5, as the The 1;; \ .,::: i Writer faith, remained till his own days, fuch as are 1 10'7ng 9. 13. 119-: Chim9.21. 10.12. 12.19. 2 Kings 2. 22. 8. 22. 10.27. 14.. 7. "'4116.6. 17. 23. 17. 34. 17.41. I Claraa. 4. 41. 5. 26. It is atgument fuflicient they were written after the captivity that the Hiltory ofthem is continued till that time. For in Babylon, the Fatfts Re- gilired are alwaies more ancient than the Regill'er 5 and much more ancient than fuch Books as make mention of, and quote the Regil‘ter ; asthele Books doe in divers places,referring the Reader to the Chro-' melts ofthe Kings of!aa'a, to the Chronicles to the Books of the Prophet Samuel, ofthe ofthe Kings of Ifrael, Prophet Nathan, ofthe PYOPhF‘ AW"; to the Vifion of15640, to the Books ofthe Prophet "WM/9, and of the Prophet Ada/a. The |