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The Art of Prophesying
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.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for E.E., 1607
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.
THE ART OF PROPHESYING.
THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING.
CHAP. 1.
The Art or faculty of Prophesying is a sacred doctrine of exercising Prophecy rightly.
THe Arte or facultie of Prophecying is a sacred doctrine of exercising Prophecie rightly.
Prophecy (or Prophesying) is a public and solemn speech of the Prophet, pertaining to the worship of God, and to the salvation of our neighbour. 1. Cor. 14. 3. But he that prophecieth speaketh unto men to edification, to exhortation and to consolation. Verse 24. But if all prophecy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one ⟨p. 2⟩unlearned, he is rebuked of all men, and is *judged of all men, Rom. 1. 9. God is my witness, whom I serve (or worship [Greek or Hebrew]) in my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne.