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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
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 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. Jam. 4. 12. There is one Law-giver, who is able to save and to destroy. Esa. 33. 21. The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Law-giver, the Lord is our King, he will save us. To bind the conscience is to constrain it either to accuse us or to excuse us of sin before God.
The excellencie of operation is that, wherby it is endowed with virtue; first to discerne the spirit of man, Heb. 4. 12. For the word of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, and sharper then any two-edged sword, and entreth through euen to the deuiding asunder of the soule and spirit, and of the ioynts and the marrow, aad discerneth the thoughts and intents of the heart. Secondly, to bind the conscience.