A15013:1063
Prototypes, or, The primary precedent presidents out of the book of Genesis showing, the…Prototypes, or, The primarie precedent presidents out of the booke of Genesis shewing, the…
Prototypes, or, The primary precedent presidents out of the book of Genesis showing, the [brace] good and bad things [brace] they did and had practically applied to our information and reformation / by that faithful and painful preacher of Gods word William Whately ... ; together with Mr. Whately's life and death ; published by Mr. Edward Leigh and Mr. Henry Scudder, who were appointed by the author to peruse his manuscripts, and printed by his own copy.Prototypes, or, The primarie precedent presidents out of the booke of Genesis shewing, the [brace] good and bad things [brace] they did and had practically applied to our information and reformation / by that faithfull and painefull preacher of Gods word William Whately ... ; together with Mr. Whatelyes life and death ; published by Mr. Edward Leigh and Mr. Henry Scudder, who were appointed by the authour to peruse his manuscripts, and printed by his owne coppy.
London: printed by G.M. for Edward Langham book-seller, 1640London: printed by G.M. for Edvvard Langham booke-seller, 1640
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But to know, love, fear, delight in, obey, there is always use, and make God your God in this manner.
But to know, love, feare, delight in, obey, there is alwayes use, and make God your God in this manner.
Again, prepare God an house, let him have a place of public service and worship. That you have provided to your hands: I need but request to keep it in handsome and decent fashion, to maintain it comelily as beseemeth Gods house, not as if it were a barn or some out-house.
Againe, prepare God an house, let him have a place of publique service and worship. That you have provided to your hands: I need but request to keep it in handsome and decent fashion, to maintaine it comelily as beseemeth Gods house, not as if it were a barne or some out-house.
Former times you see built goodly and fair houses for God: will not you keep them fairly, & so, that they shall be sweet, and dry, and sightly, not in such plight that would bring the imputation of baseness upon your selves, if any of your houses should lie so? Can you be at cost to adorn and furnish your own houses, and not Gods? For assure your selves, these places separated for religious meetings be Gods houses sacred to him, dedicated, assigned, given to him, he hath interest into them. If an Idols-Temple be an Idols-Temple; that is, such an house as an Idol hath interest in, and is sacred with a false and unholy kind of sacredness; sure then a Church to God is Gods Church, and such a thing as he is interested into, and is sacred with a true and real sacredness: Mine house shall be called an house of prayer to all nations. Lo, an house of prayer, that is, of public worship (a part for the whole) and this house Gods house, and that among all Nations. Would you wish a clearer proof for the warrant of Churches and their sacredness? but what avails it to keep a Church handsome if you frequent it not? O therefore come to Gods house, frequent the public worship there performed. The meanest service done amongst us, if it be but reading of a Chapter, is more noble (because not so typical) than the killing of a beast: Come therefore to Gods house constantly; sure Jacob did not mean that he would set apart a place for public worship and not come near it, but that his care should be there to worship God.