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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
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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.
The means subordinated to the scripture are three; the Analogy of faith, the circumstances of the place propounded, ⟨p. 32⟩and the comparing of places together.
The meanes subordinated to the scripture are three; the Analogie of faith, the circumstances of the place propounded, ⟨p. 32⟩and the comparing of places together.
The analogy of faith is a certain abridgement or sum of the Scriptures, collected out of most manifest and familiar places. The parts thereof are two. The first concerneth faith, which is handled in the Apostles Creed. The second concerneth charity or love, which is explicated in the ten Commandments. 2. Tim. 1. 13. Keep the true *