A09449:136

The Art of Prophesying

Name: The Art of Prophesying
Author: William Perkins

The art of prophesying, or, A treatise concerning the sacred and only true manner and method of preaching first written in Latin by Master William Perkins ; and now faithfully translated into English (for that it containeth many worthy things fit for the knowledge of men of all degrees) by Thomas Tuke.The arte of prophecying, or, A treatise concerning the sacred and onely true manner and methode of preaching first written in Latine by Master William Perkins ; and now faithfully translated into English (for that it containeth many worthie things fit for the knowledge of men of all degrees) by Thomas Tuke.

William Perkins 1558–1602London: printed by Felix Kyngston for E.E., 1607

[10], 148 p. · 28k words · STC 19735.4 · ESTC S4414

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THE ART OF PROPHESYING. › Chapter 4THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING. › Chapter 4

Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.

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Preparation hath two parts, Interpretation, and right division or ^*cutting.

Preparation hath two parts, Interpretation, and right diuision or ^*cutting.

*[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.

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Interpretation is the ^*Opening of the words and sentences of the Scripture, that one entire and natural sense may appear.

Interpretation is the ^*Opening of the words and sentences of the Scripture, that one entire and naturall sense may appeare.

*[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.

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The Church of Rome maketh 4. senses of the scriptures, the literal, allegorical, tropological, & anagogical, as in this her example. Melchizedek offered bread and wine. The literal sense is, that the King of Salem with meat which he brought, refreshed the soldiers of Abraham being tired with travel. The allegorical is, that the Priest doth offer up Christ in the Mass. The tropological is, therefore something

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The book

Title as printed

Author

William Perkins 1558–1602

Place

London

Printer

Felix Kyngston

Bookseller

E.E.

Year

1607

Size

[10], 148 p.

Words

27,789

Catalogue

STC 19735.4 · ESTC S4414

Text

EEBO-TCP A09449

Passages

435

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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