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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 3THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING. › Chapter 3
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The purity thereof is, whereby it remaineth entire in it self, void of deceit and error, Psalm. 12. 6. The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth fined seven times.
The puritie thereof is, whereby it remaineth entire in it selfe, voide of deceit and errour, Psalm. 12. 6. The words of the Lord are pure words, as siluer tried in a furnace of earth fined seuen times.
The eternity of the word is that, whereby ⟨p. 6⟩it abideth inviolable, and cannot pass until all that, which it commandeth, be fully accomplished, Matth. 5. 18.
The eternity of the word is that, whereby ⟨p. 6⟩it abideth inuiolable, and cannot passe vntill all that, which it commandeth, bee fully accomplished, Matth. 5. 18.
The excellency of operation is that, whereby it is endowed with virtue; first to discern the spirit of man, Heb. 4. 12. For the word of God is lively, and mighty in operation, and sharper then any two-edged sword, and entereth through even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and the marrow, and discerneth the thoughts and intents of the heart. Secondly, to bind the conscience.