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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.
All tropes are *emphatical, & besides delight and ornament they do also afford matter for the nourishment of faith: as when Christ is put for a Christian man, or for the Church of God. Mat. 25. 35. 1. Cor. 12. As the body is one, and hath many members: and all the members of one body, though they be many, are yet but one body: so also Christ, that is, The Church. Act. 9. 4. This trope doth comfort a faithful soul, and nourish saith.
All tropes are *emphaticall, & besides delight and ornament they doe also afford matter for the nourishment of faith: as when Christ is put for a Christian man, or for the Church of God. Mat. 25. 35. 1. Cor. 12. As the bodie is one, and hath many members: and all the members of one bodie, though they bee many, are yet but one bodie: so also Christ, that is, The Church. Act. 9. 4. This trope doth comfort a faithfull soule, and nourish saith.
- *They enlarge the sense.They inlarge the sense.
An *Irony signifieth a just reprehension of sin.