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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.
Consect. 3. Grammatical and Rhetorical proprieties of words signify diversly with those words: As,
Consect. 3. Grammaticall and Rhetoricall proprieties of words signifie diuersly with those words: As,
An *Ellipsis signifieth either brevity, or the swiftness of the affections. Gen. 11. 4. Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, that we may get us a name. Act. 5. 39. But if it be of God ye cannot destroy it, [ac nescio, and I know not] whether ye shall be found fighters also with God. Psalm. 6. And thou O Lord how long? Exod. 22. 20. He that sacrificeth to strange gods, let him be destroyed as a thing execrable: saving him [who sacrificeth] ⟨p. 66⟩to Jehovah. Genes. 3. 22. Now therefore [we must look] lest that stretching out his hand, he take of the tree of life. 1. Chron. 4. 10. If thou wilt bless me effectually [I will do this or that] If thou vex the fatherless child [I will vex thee].
An *Ellipsis signifieth either breuitie, or the swiftnes of the affectiōs. Gen. 11. 4. Let vs build vs a citie and a tower, whose top [may reach] vnto heauen, that wee may get vs a name.