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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.
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. Joel. 3. Troupes, troupes in the valley of concision, that is, many troupes or multitudes. 3. Distribution, At the gate and gate, ⟨p. 67⟩1. Chr. 16. that is, in every gate. Levit. 17. 3. A man & a man, that is, every man. 2. Chr. 19. 5. Thou shalt appoint Judges in a city and in a city, that is, in every city. 4. Diversity and variety. Psalm. 12. They speak with an heart, and an heart, that is, with divers or a double heart, Prou. 20. 20. A weight and a weight are abominable unto the Lord.
A *Pleonasme, which is manifold, when it is of the substantiue repeated in the same case, it doth signifie, 1. A force and *emphasis. Psalm. 133. 2