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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 10THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING. › Chapter 10
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The voice ought to be so high, that all may hear. Isai. 58. 1. Cry aloud, and spare not: lift up thy voice like a trumpet. John 7. 37. In that last and great day of the feast Jesus stood up and cried, Act. 2. 14. And Peter standing with the eleven lift up his voice and said.
The voyce ought to be so high, that all may heare. Isai. 58. 1. Crie aloud, and spare not: lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet. Iohn 7. 37. In that last and great day of the feast Iesus stood vp and cried, Act. 2. 14. And Peter standing with the eleuen lift vp his voyce and said.
In the doctrine he ought to be more moderate, in the exhortation more fervent and vehement.
In the doctrine hee ought to bee more moderate, in the exhortation more feruent and vehement.
Let there be that gravity in the gesture of the body, which may grace the Messenger of God. It is fit therefore, that the trunk or stalk of the body being erect and quiet, all the other parts, as the arm, the hand, the face and eyes have such motions, as may express and (as it were) utter the godly affections of the heart. The ⟨p. 144⟩