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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 howsoever these things were faults in Eve, and now we must learn therefore not to presume any thing of our selves, but to confess that if we do not seek to God for his sustentation and so obtain the same from him, we shall surely be overcome to commit any sin though never so grievous.
but howsoever these things were faults in Eve, and now wee must learne therefore not to presume any thing of our selves, but to confesse that if wee doe not seeke to God for his sustentation and so obtaine the same from him, we shall surely be overcome to commit any sinne though never so grievous.
But again, we must be encouraged to repent of sin and to crave pardon of it, any greatness of it notwithstanding, for even this sin of our first Parents is to them pardoned. This first and grand sin,1 the sin of sins, that did inwrap in it all the blasphemies and Idolatries, &c. of all after-times, and was as I may so speak in power all sin, even this sin is forgiven; Adam which cast all into sin, out of Paradise, and out of Heaven what in him lay, even this Adam is in Heaven himself, yea Eve that drew Adam to it, and persuaded her husband to the committing of so monstrous a Trespass, to the poisoning of him and all his; she is pardoned, she is in Heaven. As God set forth the riches of his Mercy in pardoning so vile and capital a sinner as Paul was, that in him he might show an example of all long-suffering; so hath he set forth the abundance of his Grace in Christ by remitting the fault, and saving the souls of these and these sinners, which did not what they did in false zeal as Paul, but in wilful unbelief and rebellion. Wherefore let no man doubt of obtaining pardon by the grace of God in Christ, because of the greatness of his sin. For if by the offence of one many be dead, much more shall the grace of gift, and the gift by grace abound unto mercy; and if in Adam all die, that is, be made subject to death, so in Christ much more shall all be made alive, if they trust in him and turn, if death reigned by the first Adam, much more shall grace reign by the second Adam; If, by one mans disobedience many were made sinners, much more by one mans obedience shall many be made righteous. It is an extreme dis-valuing of Christs righteousness, and under-prizing of Gods mercies in Christ, if any greatness of sin hinder us from seeking to God for pardon and trusting to find it. If we should be appointed to deserve remission of our own sins every man for himself, then a man might hope to get out of little sins but not out of great, and so greatness of sin might dishearten him: