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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 11THE ARTE OF PROPHECYING. › Chapter 11
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.
3. Let the voice be continued, not jagged and abrupt, that idle repetitions may be avoided, [Greek or Hebrew]. Matth. 6. 7.
3. Let the voice be continued, not iagged and abrupt, that idle repetitions may be auoided, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Matth. 6. 7.
4. The parts, which are three: Consideration, Ordering, and Uttering of it.
4. The parts, which are three: Consideration, Ordering, and Vttering of it.
Consideration is that, whereby fit matter for the framing of prayers is diligently searched for.
Ordering is that, whereby the matter being found out is disposed in the mind in a certain order.