A15013:1131
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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O that we could get our hearts stored with a proportion of wisdom and meekness, suitable to that of Jacob, even to make us able to devour wrongs with somewhat ill and harsh consequences, rather than to make a great brawl, specially if we be inferiors also, and find our selves likely to mend our selves little by contending, such a submissive and peaceable disposition will make us capable of a larger blessing from God than any we could get by striving and brawling; and not only so, but would give us more quietness and content in our selves, than the either revenging or redressing of a wrong another way.
O that we could get our hearts stored with a proportion of wisdome and meeknesse, sutable to that of Iacob, even to make us able to devoure wrongs with somewhat ill and harsh consequences, rather than to make a great brawle, specially if we be inferiours also, and finde our selves likely to mend our selves little by contending, such a submissive and peaceable disposition will make us capable of a larger blessing from God than any wee could get by striving and brawling; and not onely so, but would give us more quietnesse and content in our selves, than the either revenging or redressing of a wrong another way.
Follow Jacob therefore in this his carriage towards his Father in Law.
Follow Iacob therefore in this his carriage towards his Father in Law.
And now we find Jacob a servant, and that for fourteen years: he married the two daughters within a few months after his coming thither, as may be demonstrated by the ages of the children, by name of Joseph the youngest, who was seventeen when he was sold into Egypt, and thirty when he stood before Pharaoh first, and lived after, seven years of plenty, and then two years of scarcity; that is, thirty nine in all, and then was Jacob one hundred and thirty. So that Jacob was ninety and one years of age when he begat him, and that was in the last of the fourteen years agreed upon, for by and by upon his birth, Jacob would have laboured for his own house, and Laban agrees upon wages. Therefore he was seventy and seven years or thereabouts, when he came to Laban, and being of that age, it was not likely that he would live so long unmarried afore he took a wife.