prophesying

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  1. Preaching; religious exhortation; the act of speaking on religious subjects. The Liberty of Prophesying. [Title.] Jer. Taylor. The Puritans maintained frequent religious exercises, in which texts of Scripture were interpreted or discussed, one speaking to the subject after another, in an orderly method. This was called prophesying, in reference to 1 Corin. xiv. 31: Ye may all prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. Neal, in New England's Memorial, p. 171, note.
  2. The act of foretelling.

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  • And the speaker ended by prophesying, his only prophecy which failed, that this shocking event would not happen in the present century, whatever God might permit in the next. —  Cavour
  • He was prophesying, and it seems to me that no shrewder and surer [Pg 2] forecasting has been done in this country for a good many years. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Chapters From My Autobiography, by Mark Twain.
  • Notice that Paul believes he is prophesying -- "I think that I have the Spirit of God" -- but he does not present this teaching as being on equal ground with the commands of the Lord which he had received. —  Singing In The Reign
  • "They saw the company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel over them." —  Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)
  • He was prophesying, and it seems to me that no shrewder and surer forecasting has been done in this country for a good many years He did not say, in so many words, that we are proceeding, in a steady march, toward eventual and unavoidable replacement of the republic by monarchy; but I suppose he was aware that that is the case. —  Chapters from My Autobiography
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