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The pages which follow have been written for faithful ministers of the gospel and for all who are concerned about and pursue the knowledge of holy learning. 以下的页面是为福音的忠心牧者以及所有关心并追求圣洁学问知识的人而写的。
The preparation of sermons is an everyday task in the church, but it is still a tremendous responsibility and by no means easy. 讲道的预备是教会中的日常任务，但它仍然是一个极大的责任，决不容易。
In fact it is doubtful if there is a more difficult challenge in the theological disciplines than that of homiletics. 事实上，在神学学科中是否有比讲道学（homiletics）更困难的挑战是值得怀疑的。
Its subject matter is prophecy, which is a ‘higher gift’ indeed (cf. 1 Cor. 12:31), whether we think about its dignity or its usefulness. 它的主题是先知讲道（prophecy），这确实是一个”更高的恩赐”（参哥林多前书12:31），无论我们思想它的尊严还是它的用处。
The dignity of the gift of preaching is like that of a lady helped into and carried along in a chariot, while other gifts of speech and learning stand by like maidservants, conscious of her superiority. 讲道恩赐的尊严就像一位被扶上并被载在战车中的女士，而其他言语和学问的恩赐则像女仆一样站在旁边，意识到她的优越性。
In keeping with this dignity, preaching has a twofold value: (1) It is instrumental in gathering the church and bringing together all of the elect; (2) It drives away the wolves from the folds of the Lord. 与这尊严相称，讲道有双重价值：(1) 它在聚集教会和召集所有选民方面起作用；(2) 它从主的羊圈中驱赶豺狼。
Preaching is the flexanima, the allurer of the soul, by which our self-willed minds are subdued and changed from an ungodly and pagan life-style to a life of Christian faith and repentance. 讲道是flexanima（灵魂的吸引者），灵魂的诱导者，藉此我们任性的心思被制服并从不敬虔和异教的生活方式改变为基督徒信仰和悔改的生活。
It is also the weapon which has shaken the foundations of ancient heresies, and also, more recently cut to pieces the sinews of the Antichrist. 它也是摇动古代异端根基的武器，并且最近也切碎了敌基督的筋腱。
So, if anyone asks which spiritual gift is the ‘most excellent’, undoubtedly the prize must be given to prophesying. 所以，如果有人问哪个属灵恩赐是”最卓越的”，无疑这奖赏必须给予先知讲道。
The better something is, the more it deserves to be carefully presented with a wide variety of rich and wise counsel. 某样东西越好，就越值得用各种丰富和智慧的劝告来仔细呈现。
But this everyday task is frequently described in a scarcely adequate and even impoverished manner by comparison with the attention other disciplines receive. 但这日常任务常常被以一种几乎不足甚至贫乏的方式描述，与其他学科所受到的关注相比。
I have, therefore, carefully studied the writings of the theologians, composed a series of rules and principles from their teaching, and tried to explain them in a way that will be both useful and easily remembered. 因此，我仔细研读了神学家们的著作，从他们的教导中编制了一系列规则和原则，并试图以一种既有用又容易记住的方式来解释它们。
I am now committing these reflections on preaching to print – to be approved if they have any value, to be criticised and rejected if they have any inadequacies. 我现在将这些关于讲道的思考付诸印刷——如果它们有任何价值就得到批准，如果它们有任何不足就被批评和拒绝。
If you are persuaded of this style of preaching, walk on with me; if you have some doubts, inquire with me; if you begin to see points at which you have wandered, come back on to the right path with me; if you see that I have strayed, call me back to the road you are on. 如果你被说服接受这种讲道方式，就与我同行；如果你有一些疑问，就与我一同探究；如果你开始看到你已经偏离的地方，就与我一同回到正路上；如果你看到我已经偏离，就把我召回你所在的道路上。
Your appreciation of me will become disapproval soon enough if you do not like godly and moderate-minded men! 如果你不喜欢敬虔和思想温和的人，你对我的赞赏将很快变成反对！
But if anyone has petty complaints about these pages – few as they are – my conscience is a strong enough defence against all criticism, because my only concern has been to serve the church of God. 但如果有人对这些页面——虽然它们很少——有小小的抱怨，我的良心是一个足够强大的防御来抵挡所有批评，因为我唯一的关注就是服事神的教会。
So I commit you to him, and this little book on the art of prophesying to you as well as to him. 所以我把你们交托给祂，并把这本关于先知讲道艺术的小书既交托给你们也交托给祂。
WILLIAM PERKINS 威廉·帕金斯
12 December 1592 1592年12月12日
Table of Contents 目录
Preface 序言
Introduction 引言
Chapter 1 – The Art of Prophecy 第1章——先知讲道的艺术
Chapter 2 – The Word of God 第2章——神的话语
Chapter 3 – The Contents of Scripture 第3章——圣经的内容
Chapter 4 – The Interpretation of Scripture 第4章——圣经的解释
Chapter 5 – Principles for Expounding Scripture 第5章——阐释圣经的原则
Chapter 6 – Rightly Handling the Word of God 第6章——正确处理神的话语
Chapter 7 – Use and Application 第7章——运用和应用
Chapter 8 – Varieties of Application 第8章——应用的种类
Chapter 9 – The Use of the Memory 第9章——记忆的使用
Chapter 10 – Preaching the Word 第10章——传讲神的话语
Chapter 11 – Public Prayer 第11章——公共祷告
Summary 摘要