Perkins did not, therefore, so much discuss “rules” for application as much as he discussed people, that is, the various spiritual conditions of men and women whom the preacher might address by means of a given text, offering biblical counsel to preachers on how to apply the Word to the particular spiritual condition in view.

“William Perkins & His Homiletical Descendants: Reclaiming Our Heritage for Application in Preaching” by Russell St. John in The Confessional Presbyterian, Volume 20 (2024), 68.