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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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O that you would all come frequently to Gods house for conscience and love? At least, O that the Officers would compel them by fear, whom goodness cannot bring? that so they may be in good way of being bettered by Gods Ordinances.
O that you would all come frequently to Gods house for conscience and love? At least, O that the Officers would compell them by feare, whom goodnesse cannot bring? that so they may bee in good way of being bettered by Gods Ordinances.
But Jacob vows to give the tenth of all that God should give him, to God, even to the maintaining his public worship in that place, for Gods worship will be costly. Himself personally can receive nothing, but by giving it to his worship, and the places, and things, and persons that belong to his worship, it is given to him. If there be any amongst you, that thinks examples of holy writ to bind him, as it seems some do in other things, where the matter is such as will put them to no great cost, let them ask their consciences, Why should not this example bind them as well as any other example? That it should be a typical, ceremonial, and temporal ordinance, to give God tithe of all we have; I could never yet hear any reason of any force: ⟨p. 53⟩Some do strain their wits to find out a kind of shadow in it, and tell what it may signify; but the Scripture, for ought I know, doth not give any notice of any such thing. You see it was the use afore the Levitical priesthood, and therefore it is not a thing depending upon the Levitical priesthood: Nay, the Apostle makes mention, of it as a thing due to the eternal priesthood of Melchizedek. Therefore why should any man think his conscience bound by any other Example, and not by this? But to me it seems plain, that Abraham and Jacob would never have observed this portion in measuring out these payments to God, if they had not conceived it a perpetual and a natural duty. It is surely a moral precept to honour God with our goods, and by bringing presents to him. Seeing these holy men thought it fit to grant God so liberal a portion, why should we not think him worthy as much? But if you cannot bring your selves to think that so much is due to God; yet I hope you will make your selves believe, that surely something must be due to God, and that in a liberal quantity. For God is worthy to be honoured with our goods, I trow, as much now as ever: and do we honour him if we bring him no present, no gift? will you therefore be somewhat liberal to God? will you bind your selves by vow?