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A09449	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.; Prophetica, sive, De sacra et vnica ratione concionandi tractatus. English	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1607 (1607)	STC 19735.4; ESTC S4414	56,791	166

9. 8. Reprooue not a scorner lest hee hate thee Act. 19. 9. But when certaine men were hardned and would not obey speaking euill of the way of the Lord before the multitude he departed from them and separated the Disciples from them II. Some are teachable but yet ignorant To these men the Catechisme must bee deliuered Act. 18. 25. Apollos was catechized 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the way of the Lord. And he spake feruentlie in the spirit taught diligently the things of the Lord knowing only the baptisme of Iohn 26. And hee began to speake boldlie in the Synagogue Whom when Aquila and. Priscilla had heard they tooke him vnto them and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly Luk. 1. 4. That thou maist know the trueth of those things whereof thou hast been catechized 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or instructed The catechisme is the doctrine of the foundation of Christian religion brieflie propounded for the helpe of the vnderstanding and memorie in questions and answers made by the liuely voyce The matter therfore of the Catechisme is the foundation of religion The foundation is a certaine summe of the principles of Christianitie Heb. 5. 12. For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers yet haue yee neede againe that we teach you the first principles of the word of God A principle is that which doth directly and immediatly serue both for the saluation of men and for the glorie of God which being also denied and ouerturned no saluation can be hoped for There are especiallie sixe principles Repentance Faith Baptismes that is the Sacraments Imposition of hands that is the ministerie of the word by a Synecdoche the resurrection and the last iudgement Heb. 6. 1. 2. 3. The forme of the Catechisme is to handle the elements or grounds plainelie by asking and answering 1. Pet. 3. 21. To the which also the figure that now saueth vs euen baptisme agreeth not the putting away of the filthines of the flesh but the stipulation or interrogation of a good conscience Act. 8. 37. What doth let me to be baptized And Philip said vnto him if thou beleeuest with all thine heart thou maist Then hee answered saying I beleeue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God Tertullian de resurrect carnis saith The soule is not purged with washing but with answering And here wee must hold a difference betweene Milke and strong meate which are the same indeede but do differ in the manner and fashion of deliuering Milke is a certaine briefe plaine and generall explication of the principles of the faith as when a man doth teach y t we must beleeue one God and three persons Father Sonne holy Ghost and that we must relie only vpon the grace of God in Christ and that wee ought to beleeue the remission of sinnes and when wee are taught that we ought to repent to obstaine from euill and to doe that which is good Strong meate is a speciall copious luculent and cleere handling of the doctrine of faith as when the condition of man before the fall his fall originall and actuall sinne mans guiltinesse free-will the mysteries of the Trinitie the two natures of Christ the personall vnion the office of Christ the imputation of righteousnes faith grace and the vse of the law are deliuered out of the word of God distinctly and exactly Moreouer milke must bee set before babes that is those that are rude or weak in knowledge strong meat must be giuen to such as are of ripe yeres that is to them that are better instructed 1. Cor. 3. 1. Moreouer brethren I could not speake vnto you as to spirituall but I haue spoken vnto you as to carnall that is to infants in Christ. 2. I haue fed you with milke and not with meate Heb. 5. 13. III. Some haue knowledge but are not as yet humbled In such the foundation of repentance ought to bee stirred vp that is to say a certaine sorrow which is according to God 2. Cor. 7. 8. For though I made you sorrie with a letter I repent not though I did repent for I perceiue that the same Epistle made you sorie though it were but for a season 9. I now reioyce not that yee were sory but that ye sorrowed to repentance for yee sorrowed according to God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs. 10. For sorrow which is according to God or godly causeth repentance vnto saluation not to bee repented of but worldly sorrow causeth death Sorrow according to God is a griefe for sinne euen because it is sinne To the stirring vp of this affection in the first place a man must vse the ministerie of the Law which may beget contrition of heart or the horrors of conscience which though it bee not a thing wholesome and profitable of it owne nature yet is it a remedie necessarie for the subduing of a sinners stubbernnesse and for the preparing of his minde to become teachable Now that this legall sorrow may be wrought it is fit to vse some choyce parcell of the law which may reprooue some one notable sinne in men that are not as yet humbled For sorrow for and repentance euen of one sinne is for substance 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sorrow for and repentance of all Act. 8. 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickednes and pray God that if it be possible the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee Act. 2. 23. Him haue yee taken by the hands of the wicked being deliuered by the determinate counsell and foreknowledge of God and haue crucified and slaine Psalm 32. 5. Yea further if any man being afflicted with the crosse and with outward calamities haue only a worldly sorrow that is if he mourne not for sinne as it is sinne but for the punishment of sinne hee is not by and by to be comforted but first this sorrow is to be turned into that other sorrow which is according to God as is the counsell of Physitians in the like case For if a mans life be in danger by reason of bloud gushing out at his nose they commaund also that bloud bee let out in his arme or in some other place as the case requireth that they might stay the course of the bloud which rusheth out at the nostrils that so they might saue his life who was readie to yeeld vp the ghost Then let the Gospell be preached in the preaching wherof the holy Spirit worketh effectually vnto saluation For whilst he reneweth men that they may begin to will and to worke those things that are pleasing to God he doth truely and properly bring forth in them that sorrow which is according to God and repentance vnto saluation To the hard-harted the Law must bee vrged and the curse of the Law must bee denounced with threatning together with the difficultie of obtaining deliuerance vntill they bee purified in the heart Matth. 3. 7. And when hee saw

many of the Pharises and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme he said vnto them O progeny of Vipers who hath forewarned you to flie from the wrath to come Matth. 19. 16. Good Master what shall I doe that I may haue eternall life 17. And he said vnto him if thou wilt enter into life keepe the commaundements Mat. 23. 13. Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisies hypocrites because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men for yee your selues goe not in neither suffer ye those that are entring in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to go in c. Vers. 33. O Serpents and progeny of Vipers how shall ye escape the damnation of hell But when the beginning of compunction doth appeare they are presently to be comforted with the Gospell IIII. Some are humbled Here we must very diligently consider whether their humiliation bee compleat and sound or but begun and but light or slight lest that hee or they receiuing comfort sooner than is meete should afterwards wax more hard like iron which being cast into the fornace becomes exceeding hard after that it is once cold Let thy proceeding bee after this manner with those that are humbled in part Let the Law bee propounded yet so discreetly tempered with the Gospell that being terrified with their sinnes and with the meditation of Gods iudgement they may together also at the same instant receiue solace by the Gospell Act. 8. 20. Then Peter said vnto him thy monie perish with thee because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obtained by monie 21. Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this busines for thine hart is not right in the sight of God 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickednes and pray God that if it be possible the cogitation of thine heart may bee remitted 23. For I see that thou art in the gall of bitternes and in the bond of iniquity Gen. 3. 9. And the Lord God cried vnto Adam and said vnto him where art thou And God said who hath shewed thee that thou art naked What hast thou eaten of the fruit of that tree of which I forbad thee to eat 13. And the Lord God said to the woman what is this which thou hast done And the woman said this Serpent hath seduced me and I haue eaten 15. Moreouer I will put enmitie betwixt thee and this woman and likewise betweene thy seede and her seede this shall breake thine head and thou shalt bruise his heele 2. Sam. 12. Nathan being sent from God by a parable which hee doth propound he recalleth Dauid to the conscience of his fact and pronounceth pardon to him being penitent The doctrine of faith and repentance and the comforts of the Gospell ought to be promulged and tendred to those that are fully humbled Luk. 4. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is vpon me therefore he hath annointed mee to preach glad tidings to the poore he hath sent me to heale the contrite in heart to preach deliuerance to the Captiues and to the blind the recouerie of their sight and to set at libertie those that were broken Act. 2. 37. When they heard these things they were pricked in heart and said vnto Peter and the rest of the Apostles Men and Brethren what shall wee doe 38. And Peter said vnto them Repent and bee baptised euerie one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes Matth. 9. 13. I came not to call the iust but sinners vnto repantance V. Some doe beleeue To these must be propounded 1. The Gospell of iustification sanctification and perseuerance 2. The law without the curse whereby they may be taught to bring forth fruites of new obedience beseeming repentance Rom. 8. 1. There is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Iesus 1. Tim. 1. 9. The law is not appointed for the righteous Let the Epistle of Paul to the Romans be the example 3. Howsoeuer the curse of the law is not to be vrged against the person that is righteous and holy in the sight of God yet it is to be vrged against the sinnes of the person which are remaining And as a father doth oftentimes set his yron rods that are appointed for the seruants before the eyes of his sonnes that they may be frayed so the meditation of the curse is to be stirred vp very often in the faithfull themselues left they should abuse the mercie of God to licencious liuing and that they may be more fully humbled For sanctification is but in part therefore that the remainders of sinne may bee abolished wee must alwaies begin with the meditation of the law and with the feeling of sinne and make an end in the Gospell VI. Some are fallen Those that are fallen are they which doe in part fall from the state of grace Falling is either in faith or in manners Falling in faith is either in the knowledge of the doctrine of the Gospell or in the apprehending of Christ. Falling in knowledge is a declining into error whether lighter or fundamentall Now vnto those that fall thus that doctrine which doth crosse their error is to be demonstrated and inculcated or beaten vpon them together with the doctrine of repentance and that with a brotherly affection Take for an example the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians 2. Tim. 2. 25. Instructing them with meekenes that are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 contrarilie affected if God at any time will giue them repentance that they may know the trueth The fall which is in apprehending Christ is desperation For the restoring of those that doe despaire there are to be vsed a Triall and the Remedie The Triall or Search is either of the cause of the temptation or of their estate The triall of the Cause is made fitly by priuate confession Iam. 5. 17. Confesse your sinnes one to another and pray for one another that ye may be healed But lest that confession should bee made a kinde of racke or torture it must be limited with these prouisoes 1. It ought to be free and not compelled because saluation depends not vpon it 2. It must not be of all sinnes but of those onely which wring the conscience which vnlesse they doe reueale greater danger may hang ouer their heads 3. Let it chiefely be made to Pastours yet so as that we must know that it may be safely made to other faithfull men in the Church The Triall of their estate is whereby we make diligent inquirie whether they be vnder the law or vnder grace That this may manifestly appeare we must by asking of questions first draw out of them whether they be displeased with themselues because they haue displeased God that is to say whether they hate sinne as it is sinne which is the foundation of repentance vnto saluation Secondly we must demaund of them whether they haue or doe feele in their heart a desire to be reconciled with God which is the ground of a liuely faith When Triall is made

a more speciall manner 1. Tim. 5. 20. Them that sinne rebuke openly that the rest may also feare But alwaies in the very hatred of sinne let the loue of the person appeare in the speeches and let the Minister include himselfe if he may in his reprehension that it may bee more milde and gentle Dan. 4. 16. Then Daniel said My Lord the dreame be to them that hate thee and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies 17. The tree which thou sawest it is thou 19. Gal. 2. 15. We that are Iewes by nature and not sinners of the Gentiles 1. Cor. 4. 6. These things Brethren I haue by a kinde of figure translated to my selfe and to Apollo for you that yee might learne by vs not to be wise aboue that which is written Now these foure kinds of application doe offer themselues in euery sentence of the Scripture I will also set downe that example which Illyricus hath propounded Illyricus in his booke of the way to vnderstand the Scriptures Tract 1. Matth. 10. 28. Feare yee not them which kill the bodie but are not able to kill the soule but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell 29. Are not two Sparrowes sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father 30. Yea and all the haires of your head are numbred 31. Feare yee not therefore yee are of more value than many Sparrowes It were easie to draw from hence many doctrines partly of the confession of the faith and partly concerning Gods prouidence Doctrine 1. That it is needfull for vs publikely to professe the doctrine which we know so often as there is need 2. That wee must make confession also with the hazzard of goods and life 3. That our life should bee contemned in comparison of Christ and his trueth 4. That eternall punishments to be suffered both in soule and bodie are prepared for those that are not affraid to denie Christ and his trueth 5. That God is intent and readie to gouerne vs that we might make our confession aright 6. That the prouidence of God is not onely generall but also speciall which is diligently occupied about all our smallest matters yea euen the haires of our head Redargution 1. Those doe erre who thinke it to bee sufficient if in heart they doe embrace the faith and a right opinion concerning religion and that it is at a mans choise in the meane season to graunt or affirme any thing before men as the condition of the place time and persons requireth especially when the life seemeth to be in imminent danger to be lost 2. The Epicures erre in that they denie the diuine prouidence because they thinke it too base for the Maiestie of God to take care of humane affaires 3. The Stoicks doe erre who imagine that all things are gouerned by the fate or an vnresistable violent necessitie 4. They doe erre who make chaunce and fortune without any wise ordination of the diuine prouidence 5. The Pelagians do erre in giuing more than is due to mans strength as if it were put in mens power to embrace the faith at their pleasure to continue constant in the same and to confesse it to the end without feare 6. They doe erre who doe leane more vpon outward things and inconstant riches than vpon the power and goodnesse of God Instruction 1. Thou must to the vtmost of thy power labour to haue the true feare of God before thine eyes because thou now hearest that one God is to be feared aboue all men 2. Thou must learne such a contempt of humane things as that thou maist alwaies desire hauing forsaken them to depart hence and to bee ioyned together with Christ in the heauens 3. The consideration of Gods speciall prouidence doth cause thee to thinke of the presence of God that Beholder to craue his helpe and also to beleeue that thou art helped in all things and finally that there is no danger so terrible but hee both can and will deliuer thee from when it is fit Correction 1. These words of Christ correct their negligence who in their prayers do not craue of God sincere loue that being inflamed with it they may not refuse to lay downe their life for his name 2. The negligence of those men is also taxed which doe not acknowledge and behold the prouidence of God shewing it selfe in all things 3. Those are reproued who giue not God thanks for vouchsafing to gouerne and defend vs and all things that belong vnto vs by his prouidence 4. Those are reprooued that abuse the good creatures of God seeing that it is manifest that God hath care of all things Thus any place of Scripture ought to be handled yet so as that all the doctrins be not propounded to the people but those onely which may bee fitly applied to our times and to the present condition of the Church And they must not onely be choice ones but also few lest the hearers bee ouercharged with their multitude CHAP. IX Of Memorie in Preaching BBecause it is the receiued custom for Preachers to speak by heart before the people some thing must bee here annexed concerning memory Artificial memorie which standeth vpon places and images will very easilie without labour teach how to commit sermons to the memorie but it is not to be approoued 1. The animation of the image which is the key of memory is impious because it requireth absurd insolent and prodigious cogitations and those especially which set an edge vpon and kindle the most corrupt affections of the flesh 2. It dulleth wit and memorie because it requireth a threefold memorie for one the first of the places the second of the images the third of the thing that is to be declared It is not therefore an vnprofitable aduise if he that is to preach doe diligentlie imprint in his mind by the helpe of dsposition either axiomaticall or syllogisticall or methodicall the seuerall doctrines of the place he meanes to handle the seuerall proofes and applications of the doctrines the illustrations of the applications and the order of them all in the meane time nothing carefull for the words Which as Horace speaketh will not vnwillingly follow the matter that is premeditated Uerbaque praeuisam rem non inuita sequentur Their studie hath many discommodities who doe con their written sermons word for word 1. It asketh great labour 2. He which through feare doth stumble at one word doth both trouble the congregation and confound his memorie 3. Pronunciation action and the holie motions of affections are hindred because the mind is wholly bent on this to wit that the memorie fainting now vnder her burthen may not faile CHAP. X. HItherto hath bin spoken of the preparation or prouision of the sermon the Promulgation or vttring of it followeth In the Promulgation two things are required the hiding of humane wisedome and the demonstration or