The predictions of future events in them, as particularly concerning Josiah and Cyrus, by name, long before they were born, and especially concerning Jesus Christ, and which have had their accomplishment, and many others in the New Testament both by Christ and his apostles, are a proof that they could not be the writings of men, but must have the omniscient God for their author; the impartiality of the writers of them, in not concealing the mean extract of some of them, the sins of others before conversion, and even their sins and failings afterwards, as well as those of their nearest relations and dearest friends, strengthens the proof of their divine authority; to which may be added, the wonderful preservation of them, through all the changes and declensions of the Jewish church and state, to whom the books of the Old Testament were committed; and notwithstanding the violence and malice of Heathen persecutors, particularly Dioclesian, who sought to destroy every copy of the Scriptures, and published an edict for that purpose, and notwithstanding the numbers of heretics, and who have been in power, as also the apostasy of the church of Rome; and yet these writings have been preserved, and kept pure and incorrupt, which is not the case of other writings; nor are there any of such antiquity as the oldest of these: to which may be subjoined the testimony of God himself; his outward testimony by miracles, wrought by Moses and the prophets, concerned in the writings of the Old Testament, and by the apostles in the New; and his internal testimony, which is the efficacy of these Scriptures on the hearts of men; the reading and hearing of which, having been owned for the conversion, comfort and edification of thousands and thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand: and is profitable for doctrine; for the discovering, illustrating, and confirming any doctrine concerning God, the being, persons, and perfections of God; concerning the creation and fall of man; concerning the person and offices of Christ, redemption by him, justification by his righteousness, pardon by his blood, reconciliation and atonement by his sacrifice, and eternal life through him, with many others.
Nachfolgend das Transkript: Nutzbares, galantes und curiöses| Frauenzimmer-|Lexicon,| Worinnen nicht nur| Der Frauenzimmer geistlich- und| weltliche Orden, Aemter, Würden, Ehren-|Stellen, Professionen und Gewerbe, Privilegia und| rechtliche Wohlthaten, Hochzeiten und Trauer-Solennitäten,| Gerade und Erb-Stücken, Nahmen und Thaten der Göttinen,| Heroinen, gelehrter Weibes-Bilder, Künstlerinnen, Prophetinnen, Affter-| Prophetinnen, Märtyrinnen, Poetinnen, Ketzerinnen, Quackerinnen, Schwärmerinnen| und anderer Sectirischen und begeisterten Weibes-Personen, Zauberinnen und Hexen, auch| anderer beruffener, curiöser und merckens-würdiger Weibes-Bilder, Trachten und Moden,| Küchen- Tafel- Wochenstuben- Wäsch- Nehe- Hauß- Speisekammer- Keller- Kinder-Putz, Geräthe| und Vorrath, Juwelen und Schmuck, Galanterie, Seidne, Wollne und andere Zeuge, so zu ihrer| Kleidung und Putz dienlich, Rauch- und Peltzwerck, Haar-Putz und Auffsatz, Schmincken, kostbare| Olitäten und Seiffen, Bücher-Vorrath, Künste und Wissenschafften, Nahmen, Stamm-|Nahmen und besondere Benennungen, absonderliche Gewohnheiten und Gebräuche, Eigenschaften,| sonderbare Redens-Arten und Termini, Abergläubisches Wesen, Tändeleyen und Sprüchwörter,| Häußliche Verrichtungen, Divertissements, Spiele und andere Ergötzlichkeiten, allgemeine Zufälle, Beschwerungen und Gebrechen der Weiber, Jungfern und kleinen Kinder, Gesinde-Ordnung| und Arbeit, weibliche Straffen absonderliche Züchtigungen, und alles dasjenige,| was einem Frauenzimmer vorkommen kan, und ihm nöthig| zu wissen| Sondern auch| Ein vollkommenes und auf die allerneueste Art verfertigtes| Koch- Torten- und Gebackens-Buch,| Samt denen darzu gehörigen Rissen, Taffel-|Auffsätzen und Küchens-Zettuln,| Ordentlich nach dem Alphabeth kurtz und deutlich abgefaßt| und erkläret zu finden,| Dem weiblichen Geschlechte insgesamt zu| sonderbaren Nutzen, Nachricht und Ergötzlichkeit| auff Begehren ausgestellet| Von| Amaranthes.| | Leipzig, 1715.| bey Joh.