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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 8THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING. › Chapter 8
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.
Doctrine is that, whereby doctrine (or teaching) is used for the information of the mind to a right judgement concerning things to be believed.
Doctrine is that, whereby doctrine (or teaching) is vsed for the information of the minde to a right iudgement concerning things to be beleeued.
Redargution is that, whereby teaching is used for the reformation of the mind from error.
Redargution is that, whereby teaching is vsed for the reformation of the minde from error.
In confutations, which are made publicly before the assembly, these cautions must be used. 1. The thing that is determined ([Greek or Hebrew]) or the state of the question that is to be discussed must be throughly understood. 2. Let those errors only be reproved, which trouble the Church, in which we live: all other being altogether let alone, which do either lie dead, or are external: unless some danger be ready to ensue of them. Matth. 16. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Mark. 9. Take heed, and beware of the leaven of Herod. Reve. 2. The men of Pergamus are warned to beware of the Nicolaitans, to whom some of them did assent. 3. If the error be out of the foundation of faith, the confutation must not only be Christianlike, as it should be ever: but also a friendly, a gentle and brotherly dissension.
In confutations, which are made publikely before the assembly, these cautions must be vsed. 1. The thing that is determined (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) or the state of the question that is to bee discussed must bee throughly vnderstood. 2. Let those errors onely be reprooued, which trouble the Church, in which we liue: all other being altogether let alone, which doe either lie dead, or are externall: vnlesse some daunger bee readie to ensue of them.