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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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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.
Every good Christian must resolve to take up his crosse and follow Christ; therefore I require you sonnes that have not troden in Iacobs steps for this matter, to be humbled for it with true and hearty repentance. Sinne will hazard a good man to some severity of punishment (I meane that of knowne sinnes, such as a man doth, or would bee carefull might understand to bee sinnes) untill particular repentance come betwixt, to stop or remove that same; but when a man hath and doth conveniently at fit times humble himselfe ⟨p. 61⟩for a fault, it ceaseth to make him liable to temporall evils, further then they be needfull to increase and make up what would be wanting in his repentance, and he that will at Gods reproofe turne unto him in humiliation and amendment, shall finde the Lord a gracious Father, and such a one as will not proceed to smarting corrections, if loving and earnest admonitions may prevaile.
Again, all you children to whom God hath vouchsafed such Parents as have dealt wisely and mildly with you in this matter presenting unto you fit yokefellows, and such against whom no exception might be justly made, or have yielded you to your own choice, and that hath so guided you too, that you have pleased your Parents in your matches, and so with good will and approbation on both sides have entered into this estate, be you thankful to God that hath ordered this affair so prosperously for you, and take heed of ascribing this comfort to your own wit and goodness, without giving the whole honour to God, that gave the wit, and the goodness, and the success, without whose favourable providence, neither wit, nor goodness would have brought the business.