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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
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.
The principal interpreter of the Scripture is the holy Ghost. 2. Pet. 1. 20. So that ye first know this, that no prophecy in the Scripture is of any private *interpretation. Moreover, he that makes the law, is the best and the highest interpreter of the law.
The principall interpreter of the Scripture is the holy Ghost. 2. Pet. 1. 20. So that ye first know this, that no prophecie in the Scripture is of any priuate *interpretation. Moreouer, he that makes the law, is the best and the highest interpreter of the law.
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The supreme and absolute mean of interpretation is the Scripture it self. Nehem. 8. 8. And they read in the book of the Law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand by the Scripture it self, per Scripturam ipsam.
The supreame and absolute meane of interpretation is the Scripture it selfe. Nehem. 8. 8. And they read in the booke of the Law of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand by the Scripture it selfe, per Scripturam ipsam.