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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 Enallage of the preter perfect tense, whereby the time past is put for the time to come, signifieth in the oracles of the Prophets the certainty of the thing that is to come. Gen. 20. 3. Thou hast died because of the woman, that is, thou shalt die. Isai. 9. 6. Unto us a child is borne, unto us a son is given. Isa. 21. 9. It is fallen, it is fallen Babylon, &c.
The Enallage of the preter perfect tense, whereby the time past is put for the time to come, signifieth in the oracles of the Prophets the certentie of the thing that is to come. Gen. 20. 3. Thou hast died because of the woman, that is, thou shalt die. Isai. 9. 6. Vnto vs a child is borne, vnto vs a sonne is giuen. Isa. 21. 9. It is fallen, it is fallen Babylon, &c.
A *Pleonasm, which is manifold, when it is of the substantive repeated in the same case, it doth signify, 1. A force and *emphasis. Psalm. 133. 2. As the ointment which descended unto the beard, The beard of Aaron. Luk. 6. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord? 2. A multitude. Gen. 32. 16. He gave into the hands of his servants droves, droves, that is many droves.