Douay title page

THE ARGUMENTS OF THE BOOKS
OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT,
WITH COMMENTARIES ON THE
DIVISIONS OF THE SACRED TEXT
AND DISCOURSES ON THE
SIX AGES
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

From the 1635 printing of the
HOLY BIBLE
FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH OUT OF
the authentical Latin, diligently
conferred with the Hebrew,
Greek, & other Editions in
divers languages:

First published in A.D. 1609 & 1610
by the English College of Douay.

Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fontibus Salvatoris. Isaiae. 12.
You shall draw waters in joy out of the Saviour's fountains.

Spiritu Sancto inspirati, locuti sunt sancti Dei homines. 2. Pet. 1.
The holy men of God spake, inspired with the Holy Ghost.

Introduction

A Word from the scribe

A Link to the Online Douay-Rheims

Douay-Rheims (Challoner edition) (includes keyword and book/chapter/verse search engine)
Alternate links to the Douay-Rheims:
CatholicFirst (includes appendixes from 1610 Douay)
ScripTours (includes search engine)

Arguments

The Sum and Partition of the Holy Bible
The Sum of the Old Testament
Of Moyses the Author of the Five First Books

The Argument of Genesis
The Church in the First Age
The Church in the Second Age
The Argument of Exodus
The Church in the Third Age
The Argument of Leviticus
The Argument of Numeri
The Argument of Deuteronomy
The Argument of Josue
The Argument of Judges
The Argument of Ruth
The Argument of Kings and Paralipomenon in General
The Argument of 1 Kings
The Argument of 2 Kings
The Argument of 3 Kings
The Church in the Fourth Age
The Argument of 4 Kings
The Argument of Paralipomenon
The Argument of 2 Paralipomenon
The Church in the Fifth Age
The Argument of the Books of Esdras
The Argument of Nehemias
Annotations Concerning Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, and Machabees
The Argument of Tobie
The Argument of Judith
The Argument of Esther
The Argument of Job
A Brief Recapitulation of the Book of Job
Proemial Annotations on the Psalms
Concerning Interpretation of Holy Scriptures
The Argument of the Sapiential Books
The Argument of the Proverbs
The Argument of Ecclesiastes
The Argument of the Canticle of Canticles
The Argument of Wisdom
The Argument of Ecclesiasticus
The Argument of Prophetical Books
The Argument of Isaie
The Argument of the Books of Jeremie
The Argument of Jeremie's Lamentations
The Argument of Baruch
The Argument of Ezechiel
The Argument of Daniel
The Argument of the Twelve Less Prophets
Individual Arguments of the Lesser Prophets
The Argument of the Books of Machabees
The Church in the Sixth Age

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