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2._o timon_n 2.3_o tit._n 1.3_o trip._n histor_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1â—_o occupation_n how_o a_o hard_a place_n be_v to_o be_v expound_v 2._o thessaly_n 2._o a_o place_n of_o paul_n touch_v the_o last_o come_n of_o christ_n an_o other_o place_n of_o the_o same_o touch_v the_o reicetion_n of_o the_o jew_n &_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n iii_o necessary_a tit._n 3._o necessary_a matter_n what_o divine_a place_n though_o profitable_a yet_o not_o all_o fit_a for_o every_o place_n &_o time_n isaiah_n 56._o the_o preacher_n must_v sometime_o vary_v his_o oration_n the_o order_n &_o manner_n of_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n in_o their_o tech_n the_o pastor_n with_o the_o other_o minister_v aught_o to_o consult_v as_o touch_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o sermon_n accord_v to_o the_o manner_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o time_n one_o and_o the_o same_o matter_n diverse_a time_n handle_v of_o all_o the_o minister_n to_o the_o people_n what_o father_n expound_v to_o the_o people_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o unto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philipp_n 1._o coloss_n 1_o the_o seedplot_n of_o these_o five_o chapter_n that_o the_o rhetorical_a kind_n of_o case_n also_o be_v contain_v under_o these_o five_o order_n of_o sermon_n but_o not_o contrariwise_o he_o pass_v to_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o sermon_n the_o name_n of_o the_o kind_n 1._o didascalick_n 2._o redargutive_a 3._o instructive_a iiii_o corrective_a v_o comfortative_a 2._o timoth_n 3_n rom._n 15._o preoccupation_n a_o other_o partition_n of_o the_o â—â—des_n vi_fw-la mix_v kind_n transition_n state_n uhat_o that_o the_o title_n of_o sermon_n do_v oftentimes_o contain_v the_o â—â—ate_n theme_n what_o and_o how_o manifold_a that_o sermon_n of_o every_o kind_n be_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o part_n the_o part_n of_o a_o sermon_n i_o read_n the_o manner_n of_o read_v in_o the_o old_a church_n that_o read_v sometime_o go_v not_o before_o the_o sermon_n what_o bookâ—_n ought_v to_o be_v read_v that_o the_o preacher_n ought_v not_o rash_o to_o innovate_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n sozomenus_n tripart_n histo_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o the_o order_n of_o invocation_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o sermon_n of_o whon_fw-mi first_o set_v forth_o 1._o cor._n 3_o diverse_a manner_n of_o pray_v i_o of_o the_o â—athers_n what_o the_o preacher_n &_o what_o the_o people_n ought_v to_o prai_fw-la for_o ii_o iii_o four_o invocation_n what_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o exordinge_v most_o convenient_o show_v in_o example_n whether_o exordium_n be_v aâ—lvaries_n needful_a the_o matter_n of_o exordium_n whence_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v observation_n of_o exordium_n â—â—n_fw-la thapplication_n of_o a_o whole_a book_n 2._o in_o thexplication_n of_o a_o part_n of_o the_o book_n iii_o the_o first_o word_n of_o thexordium_n must_v as_o near_o as_o may_v be_v answer_n to_o the_o matter_n act._n 2._o act._n 7._o &_o 13._o exordium_n sometime_o omit_v proposition_n when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v use_v division_n when_o proposition_n where_o it_o be_v to_o be_v place_v a_o example_n of_o division_n division_n what_o and_o after_o what_o sort_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v division_n when_o needful_a that_o all_o the_o member_n of_o division_n be_v not_o always_o declare_v that_o many_o and_o diverse_a place_n be_v handle_v sometime_o without_o any_o division_n go_v before_o transition_n exhortation_n &_o other_o such_o like_a figure_n in_o division_n do_v oftentimes_o betoken_v a_o new_a argument_n that_o proposition_n &_o division_n both_o be_v now_o &_o then_o neglect_v the_o place_n of_o confirmation_n confirmation_n can_v not_o one_o way_n be_v handle_v the_o order_n of_o thing_n to_o be_v say_v touch_v confirmation_n chapter_n of_o observation_n a_o praise_n of_o the_o say_a form_n of_o derive_v collect_v &_o dispose_v of_o proof_n the_o manner_n of_o popular_a teach_v whence_o it_o be_v derive_v i_o two_o confutation_n how_o &_o after_o what_o sort_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v confutations_n where_o to_o be_v place_v &_o put_v diverse_a form_n of_o confutation_n confutation_n must_v be_v void_a of_o sophistry_n contumelious_a chide_n to_o be_v avoid_v conclusion_n conclusion_n double_a of_o the_o part_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a oration_n which_o be_v call_v peroration_n what_o be_v to_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o conclusion_n affection_n to_o be_v move_v also_o in_o a_o peroration_n exhort_v reprove_v simple_o to_o pray_v and_o beseech_v the_o hearer_n to_o be_v admonish_v of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o next_o sermon_n certain_a mean_n of_o finish_v sacred_a sermon_n i_o two_o iii_o what_o thing_n the_o preacher_n shall_v get_v to_o himself_o of_o amplification_n what_o he_o will_v speak_v why_o the_o preacher_n must_v use_v amplification_n amplification_n when_o to_o be_v use_v hebr_n 3.4_o whence_o the_o preacher_n may_v take_v order_n of_o amplyfiing_n i_o out_o of_o the_o faculty_n of_o orator_n ii_o out_o of_o divinity_n itself_o example_n i_o iii_o four_o 1._o reg._n 14_o what_o manner_n of_o argument_n ought_v to_o be_v minister_v unto_o child_n for_o exercise_n of_o their_o stile_n thar_z the_o manner_n of_o move_v of_o affection_n ought_v to_o be_v know_v of_o the_o preacher_n the_o order_n &_o division_n of_o the_o thing_n to_o be_v speak_v touch_v move_a of_o affection_n i_o when_o affection_n be_v to_o be_v move_v division_n of_o affection_n 〈◊〉_d affectiâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o â—â—â—â—â—er_n how_o to_o know_v when_o affection_n be_v to_o be_v move_v two_o where_o or_o in_o what_o part_n of_o the_o sermon_n affection_n be_v to_o be_v move_v iii_o with_o what_o skill_n &_o cunning_a the_o affection_n be_v to_o be_v move_v i_o mean_v how_o we_o may_v stir_v up_o affection_n in_o ourselves_o psal._n 119._o ii_o mean_n de_fw-fr civita_fw-la deâ—_n lib._n 15._o cap._n 6_o iii_o