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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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He was an humble man, as appeareth in his prayer to God before, when he confesseth, that he is Less than the least of all his mercies: meaning, that he is unworthy the smallest of them, and had not deserved even the meanest.
He was an humble man, as appeareth in his prayer to God before, when he confesseth, that he is Lesse than the least of all his mercies: meaning, that he is unworthy the smallest of them, and had not deserved even the meanest.
It is a worthy grace to see ones own unworthiness of any good thing, and to be so mean in his own conceit, that he challengeth nothing of desert.
It is a worthy grace to see ones owne unworthinesse of any good thing, and to be so meane in his owne conceit, that hee challengeth nothing of desert.
Humility is in the Angels and blessed Spirits;1 when they present themselves before God, they fall down before him, and account themselves unworthy his benefits: for that which hath its original from nothing, merely by the pleasure of another, cannot but be base and contemptible in comparison of that from whence it came; and so stands the case betwixt God and all creatures: Wherefore, ⟨p. 56⟩they ought to be possessed with the sense of this distance betwixt God and them, so as to esteem themselves nothing in comparison of him, and as Jacob here expresseth it; than which, we cannot conceive a better expression, Less than the least of all his mercies. This humility will make one thankful for mercies, and careful to use them well, and able meekly to part with them, and so fit to enjoy them. This humility pleaseth God exceedingly, because it fitteth the creature for that end, to which God did principally look in creating him, even to glorify his Creator. See that you get it, and increase it continually; harbour lowly thoughts of your selves, go to God for good things, but go, flying alone to the throne of grace and mercy, not at all trusting in your selves, or in any thing that is in your selves. The more one can disavow his own worth, and still build his prayers, and hopes on Gods mercies, the more pleasing to God are both himself and his services.