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be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v the_o great_a sign_n in_o heaven_n to_o confirm_v their_o prognostication_n why_o do_v christ_n refuse_v to_o show_v a_o sign_n from_o heaven_n in_o proof_n of_o his_o messiahship_n matt._n 16.1_o 4._o because_o they_o seek_v it_o and_o seek_v it_o tempt_o and_o seek_v it_o for_o themselves_o they_o will_v have_v sign_n among_o sign_n and_o miracle_n among_o miracle_n and_o such_o sign_n and_o miracle_n as_o they_o themselves_o fancy_v and_o such_o as_o may_v assimilate_v their_o own_o prognosticate_a superstition_n and_o vain_a observation_n and_o such_o a_o sign_n as_o be_v not_o prophesy_v that_o the_o messiah_n shall_v do_v and_o such_o as_o have_v neither_o just_a cause_n necessity_n nor_o end_n for_o which_o they_o shall_v desire_v it_o beside_o that_o the_o prophet_n reveal_v nothing_o from_o the_o star_n and_o christ_n deny_v to_o make_v any_o such_o demonstration_n of_o himself_o his_o doctrine_n and_o miracle_n because_o it_o be_v not_o 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false_a mouth_n and_o nevertheless_o make_v it_o forespeak_v its_o own_o infallible_a truth_n no_o nature_n or_o essence_n be_v prophetical_a of_o itself_o but_o that_o which_o be_v incomprehensible_a and_o comprehend_v all_o thing_n if_o our_o nature_n have_v any_o such_o inclination_n in_o itself_o why_o shall_v we_o not_o all_o pprophecy_n and_o always_o prophesy_v and_o prophesy_v when_o we_o please_v and_o prophesy_v of_o one_o thing_n as_o well_o as_o another_o and_o one_o pprophecy_n as_o well_o as_o another_o to_o who_o then_o shall_v we_o prophesy_v and_o how_o shall_v our_o pronuntiate_a be_v of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v hide_v to_o the_o common_a sense_n and_o ordinary_a apprehension_n of_o man_n among_o who_o we_o be_v conversant_a how_o shall_v prophecy_n be_v say_v to_o exceed_v all_o natural_a cognition_n if_o it_o may_v proceed_v from_o any_o natural_a inclination_n and_o how_o shall_v we_o distinguish_v betwixt_o prophecy_n which_o have_v reveal_v and_o reveal_v thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o and_o prognostication_n which_o at_o most_o can_v but_o predict_v some_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o natural_a cause_n and_o disposition_n what_o praevious_a disposition_n to_o prophesy_v either_o natural_o or_o artificial_o be_v there_o in_o ames_n when_o he_o say_v i_o be_v no_o prophet_n neither_o be_v i_o a_o prophet_n son_n but_o i_o be_v a_o herdsman_n and_o a_o gatherer_n of_o sycomore_o fruit_n and_o the_o lord_n take_v i_o as_o i_o follow_v the_o flock_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o i_o go_v prophecy_n amos_n 7.14_o 15._o as_o for_o elisha_n calling_n for_o a_o minstrel_n 2_o king_n 3.15_o this_o be_v not_o to_o procure_v or_o excite_v pprophecy_n but_o to_o sedate_v passion_n and_o affection_n and_o so_o make_v himself_o fit_a for_o contemplation_n and_o devotion_n not_o as_o if_o according_a to_o the_o rabbinical_a conceit_n the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n have_v now_o make_v its_o recess_n from_o he_o because_o of_o some_o perturbation_n of_o he_o in_o be_v so_o exasperate_v against_o jehoram_n for_o that_o be_v a_o true_a zeal_n of_o god_n and_o that_o be_v never_o inordinate_a neither_o serve_v it_o to_o abate_v but_o promote_v god_n gift_n but_o say_v he_o have_v be_v somewhat_o disquiet_v and_o distract_v from_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n how_o be_v it_o in_o the_o force_n and_o virtue_n of_o music_n to_o restore_v it_o music_n can_v do_v that_o neither_o natural_o nor_o artificial_o if_o it_o do_v it_o at_o all_o it_o must_v do_v it_o miraculous_o the_o prophet_n very_o call_v for_o music_n be_v a_o pprophecy_n signify_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n rest_v not_o in_o turbulent_a distract_a factious_a seditious_a mind_n but_o in_o harmonious_a unanimous_a appease_v and_o peaceable_a heart_n but_o let_v they_o contend_v prophecy_n to_o be_v of_o natural_a disposition_n and_o artificial_a preparation_n that_o will_v so_o take_v off_o they_o from_o be_v think_v diabolical_a what_o need_v we_o do_v so_o that_o hold_v prophecy_n to_o be_v whole_o divine_a nature_n and_o art_n can_v so_o much_o credit_v the_o astrological_a as_o they_o prejudice_v the_o theological_a pprophecy_n 10._o whether_o prophecy_n be_v not_o now_o cease_v it_o be_v never_o intend_v to_o be_v perpetual_a even_o while_o it_o be_v it_o be_v a_o act_n not_o a_o habit_n not_o permanent_a but_o transient_a the_o spirit_n now_o in_o the_o illapse_n and_o again_o upon_o the_o recess_n it_o be_v a_o gift_n or_o grace_n not_o so_o much_o personal_a as_o vocational_a pertain_v not_o to_o ordinary_a duty_n so_o much_o as_o extraordinary_a occasion_n nor_o be_v it_o so_o necessary_a that_o man_n shall_v be_v teach_v to_o look_v after_o thing_n future_a as_o how_o to_o use_v the_o present_a time_n aright_o the_o prophet_n be_v but_o type_n of_o that_o great_a prophet_n and_o all_o pprophecy_n have_v its_o main_a end_n and_o completion_n in_o christ_n it_o be_v therefore_o meet_v that_o the_o shadow_n shall_v recede_v now_o that_o the_o substance_n come_v in_o place_n prophecy_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o church_n of_o the_o old-testament_n because_o christ_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v but_o not_o so_o in_o this_o of_o the_o new_a because_o christ_n be_v come_v already_o we_o have_v a_o evangelical_n pprophecy_n abundant_o recompense_v that_o lack_n of_o the_o legal_a be_v a_o gift_n or_o grace_n not_o extraordinary_a but_o ordinary_a not_o temporary_a but_o perpetual_a not_o singular_a but_o universal_a not_o vocational_a only_o but_o personal_a not_o a_o act_n common_a to_o reprobate_n but_o a_o habit_n peculiar_a to_o the_o saint_n not_o of_o propound_v thing_n of_o future_a time_n but_o of_o expound_v the_o future_a thing_n of_o eternity_n be_v it_o in_o heaven_n or_o earth_n prophecy_n shall_v fail_v when_o that_o which_o be_v perfect_a be_v come_v 1_o cor._n 13.8_o in_o heaven_n they_o must_v needs_o fail_v because_o there_o be_v no_o future_a to_o be_v contemplate_v or_o 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