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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 Brethren we must not only prepare for crosses of this kind, but we must also make a good use of them when they come, that is, we must turn them into medicines as Physicians do some poisons, causing the sorrow which they will work in us to become a medicine against our sins of which they be the proper and natural effects. When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, now I see Gods Justice and Gods Truth, now I see the hatefulness and hurtfulness of sin, and therefore now I will mourn, not because I am crossed, but because I have deserved this cross, and a worse too, and so frame ⟨p. 11⟩to confess and bemoan the sin, and to supplicate for pardon and help at the hand of God in the name of Christ, especially look to those sins to which your crosses have some reference and respect. Are you crossed in your goods, think if you did not over-love them and get them unjustly, or if in your children, see if you did not over-love them and cocker them, and so in all things of like kind. In what God smites you, see if you have not in that sinned against him, and so frame to lament your sins and to seek help against them. This will help to make your cross easy and quickly to remove it, this will cause that you shall be gainers even by crosses. When we see the ill deservings of sin and the perfect righteousness, yea the goodness of God in calling thus to repentance; happy are they that be so afflicted and so taught in Gods ways.
But Brethren we must not onely prepare for crosses of this kinde, but we must also make a good use of them when they come, that is, wee must turne them into medicines as Physitions doe some poysons, causing the sorrow which they will worke in us to become a medicine against our sinnes of which they be the proper and naturall effects. When you meete with crosses and calamities, say, now I see Gods Justice and Gods Truth, now I see the hatefullnesse and hurtfullnesse of sinne, and therefore now I will mourne, not because I am crossed, but because I have deserved this crosse, and a worse too, and so frame ⟨p. 11⟩to confesse and bemoane the sinne, and to supplicate for pardon and helpe at the hand of God in the name of Christ, especially looke to those sinnes to which your crosses have some reference and respect. Are you crossed in your goods, thinke if you did not over-love them and get them unjustly, or if in your children, see if you did not over-love them and cocker them, and so in all things of like kinde. In what God smites you, see if you have not in that sinned against him, and so frame to lament your sinnes and to seeke helpe against them. This will helpe to make your crosse easie and quickly to remove it, this will cause that you shall be gainers even by crosses. When wee see the ill deservings of sinne and the perfect righteousnesse, yea the goodnesse of God in calling thus to repentance; happy are they that be so afflicted and so taught in Gods waies.