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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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If God vouchsafe that gift he must forbear Marriage, esteeming himself called of God to the single life: But if he cannot by all good ways so far overcome himself, but that his mind is conquered by desires of Marriage, he hath a plain rule from S. Paul: It is better to marry than to burn. Yea, but then the Parents displeasure follows, and loss of such means or portion as else he might have had.
If God vouchsafe that gift he must forbeare Marriage, esteeming himselfe called of God to the single life: But if hee cannot by all good wayes so farre overcome himselfe, but that his minde is conquered by desires of Marriage, hee hath a plaine rule from S. Paul: It is better to marry than to burne. Yea, but then the Parents displeasure followes, and losse of such meanes or portion as else he might have had.
I answer:
Every good Christian must resolve to take up his cross and follow Christ; therefore I require you sons that have not trodden in Jacobs steps for this matter, to be humbled for it with true and hearty repentance. Sin will hazard a good man to some severity of punishment (I mean that of known sins, such as a man doth, or would be careful might understand to be sins) until particular repentance come betwixt, to stop or remove that same; but when a man hath and doth conveniently at fit times humble himself ⟨p. 61⟩for a fault, it ceaseth to make him liable to temporal evils, further then they be needful to increase and make up what would be wanting in his repentance, and he that will at Gods reproof turn unto him in humiliation and amendment, shall find the Lord a gracious Father, and such a one as will not proceed to smarting corrections, if loving and earnest admonitions may prevail.