A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

and cap. 14. Ephes: 4. 11. to have been extraordinarily inspired by the Spirit, then we shall not be able to prove from Scripture, that Christ hath given to the Church of the new Testament, any extraordinary Prophets to foretell things to come. But 'tis certain that Christ hath given such extraordinary Prophets to the Church of the new Testament, such as Agabus, and the daughters of Philip: Eusebius tells us there were such Prophets in the Church, till the days of Justin Martyr; which we have also from Justinus himself. And now having the occasion, I must say it to the glory of God, there were in the Church of Scotland, both in the time of our first ⟨p. 70⟩Reformation, and after the Reformation such extraordinary men, as were more then ordinary Pastors and Teachers, even holy Prophets receiving extraordinary Revelations from God, and foretelling diverse strange and remarkable things, which did accordingly come to paste punctually, to the great admiration of all who knew the particulars, such were Mr. Wishart the Martyr, Mr. Knox the Reformer; also Mr. John Welsh, Mr. John Davidson, Mr. Robert Bruce, Mr. Alexander Simson, Mr. Fergusson, and others: It were too long to make a narration here of all such particulars, and there are so many of them stupendous, that to give instance in some few, might seem to derogate from the rest. But if God give me opportunity, I shall think it worth the while to make a collection of these things: Mean while although such Prophets be extraordinary, and but seldom raised up in the Church, yet such there have been: I dare say, not only in the primitive times, but amongst our first Reformers, and others. And upon what Scripture can we pitch for such extraordinary Prophets. If not upon those Scriptures which are applied by some to the prophesying Brethren, or gifted Church-members; 8. There are but three senses of the word Prophesying, which I can find any where else in the new Testament.

and cap. 14. Ephes: 4. 11. to have been extraordinarly inspired by the Spirit, then we shall not be able to prove from Scripture, that Christ hath given to the Church of the new Testament, any extraordinarie Prophets to foretell things to come. But 'tis certain that Christ hath given such extraordinary Prophets to the Church of the new Testament, such as Agabus, and the daughters of Philip: Eusebius tells us there were such Prophets in the Church, till the dayes of Iustin Martyr; which we have also from Iustinus himselfe. And now having the occasion, I must say it to the glory of God, there were in the Church of Scotland, both in the time of our first