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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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Again, from their afflictions, learn to prepare for afflictions, and to make a good use of them when they come, if you think to live in this world without briers and thorns, without sweat and labour you are much deceived. Crosses are assigned to us as just chastisements for our sin; we must to dust, let us expect misery and death, and labour to make our selves fit for crosses. It was Gods great goodness that he would not suffer Adam to remain in Paradise and to joy the tree of life. For had he lived in so much pleasure as that place would have afforded, and had he found all the creatures as good and comfortable to him now after his fall when his nature was made sinful, as when it was sinless, O how greatly would his sin have grown through the fatness of that over delightful estate, even as weeds do in a rich and unmanured soil. Sure had not God sent a curse on the earth, and inflicted grief and misery upon man, he would never have repented, never have conceived of his spiritual misery, never have turned to God and sought God; so that as it is a mercy in the Physician to make the patient sick with a medicine, so it was in God to send these afflictions on us. Let us not therefore flatter our selves ⟨p. 10⟩in vain conceits of living merrily, but let us prepare for afflictions, which all must in some degree meet withal in their several callings. It was the voice of an Epicure in the rich man, that said, eat and drink and take thine ease; 1we should say to our selves rather, sin hath made me subject to divers crosses, and I will labour to receive them patiently from Gods Almighty hand, if he think it fit to exercise me with them.
Againe, from their afflictions, learne to prepare for afflictions, and to make a good use of them when they come, if you thinke to live in this world without briers and thornes, without sweat and labour you are much deceived. Crosses are assigned to us as just chastisements for our sinne; we must to dust, let us expect misery and death, and labour to make our selves fit for crosses. It was Gods great goodnesse that he would not suffer Adam to remaine in Paradise and to joy the tree of life. For had hee lived in so much pleasure as that place would have affoorded, and had he found all the creatures as good and comfortable to him now after his fall when his nature was made sinfull, as when it was sinlesse, O how greatly would his sin have growne through the fatnesse of that over delightfull estate, even as weedes doe in a rich and unmanured soyle. Sure had not God sent a curse on the earth, and inflicted griefe and misery upon man, hee would never have repented, never have conceived of his spirituall misery, never have turned to God and sought God; so that as it is a mercy in the Physitian to make the patient sicke with a medicine, so it was in God to send these afflictions on us. Let us not therefore flatter our selves