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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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But a poor necessitous man that is fain to live of the bounty much what of others, must not be a rule for those that have better ⟨p. 54⟩estates. I am verily persuaded, that one great cause of many a Christian mans poverty, is this; he honours not God with his riches, and why should God make him rich? If we see a man not to honour God with his wit and strength, and then God deprive him of wit and strength; Do we not readily impute this cross to the desert of that sin? and why are we not induced to conclude, God doth not prosper this man in his estate, because he did not honour God with his estate? And so much for Jacobs devotion in vowing, and the things vowed.
But a poore necessitous man that is faine to live of the bounty much what of others, must not be a rule for those that have better ⟨p. 54⟩estates. I am verily perswaded, that one great cause of many a Christian mans poverty, is this; he honours not God with his riches, and why should God make him rich? If we see a man not to honour God with his wit and strength, and then God deprive him of wit and strength; Doe we not readily impute this crosse to the desert of that sin? and why are we not induced to conclude, God doth not prosper this man in his estate, because he did not honour God with his estate? And so much for Iacobs devotion in vowing, and the things vowed.
1Now he worshipped God also by sacrifice, and performed his vow to God at last. Gen. 35.3. I will make an Altar unto God at Bethel, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went; by which it is to be thought, that Jacob prayed in his journey, when he was benighted in the way, and that dream was Gods answer to his prayer: and ver. 7. He builded an Altar, and called it Ell Bethel. Now this Altar was not without sacrifices, and a public profession of Gods whole worship: He made God a house, and began there to settle the public worship of God according to his vow. Indeed it was a weakness in him to stay so long, till God was fain to put him in mind, both by a sore cross, and by a Vision of going to Bethel for this end; but he was religious, and kept his Vow at last. O let us keep our vows, let us offer spiritual sacrifices of prayers, praises, contrite hearts, our own selves, almsdeeds, and so show our selves right Israelites, or Jacobites.