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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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Jacob was not destitute of means to have hired as many soldiers as Esau brought with him, or some means he might have be thought himself of whereby to resist him; but he chooseth rather to stoop and pacify him by the fairest ways he could. God commandeth his people to offer terms of peace before they besieged a City.
Iacob was not destitute of meanes to have hired as many souldiers as Esau brought with him, or some meanes he might have be thought himselfe of whereby to resist him; but he chooseth rather to stoope and pacifie him by the fairest wayes he could. God commandeth his people to offer termes of peace before they besieged a City.
Surely, submissive and melting carriage is the best way to pacify wrath, and we must seek to that course first, not alone, when we be over marched with an enemy, but even then when we have power in our hands to save our selves by force, as we see in Jephta towards the King of Ammon. But so sturdy of nature be some, yea many, that they would rather expose themselves to the rage of an Esau, than have so bowed, they count it a baseness of mind to stoop and fall down before another, having such a blind eye that they cannot distinguish betwixt humility and abjectness. He that yields submissive and pacifying words and gestures, is humble: he that stoops so low as to please another, he is abased.
Surely, submissive and melting carriage is the best way to pacifie wrath, and we must seek to that course first, not alone, when wee bee over marched with an enemy, but even then when we have power in our hands to save our selves by force, as wee see in Iephta towards the King of Ammon. But so sturdy of nature be some, yea many, that they would rather expose themselves to the rage of an Esau, than have so bowed, they count it a basenesse of minde to stoop and fall downe before another, having such a blinde eye that they cannot distinguish betwixt humility and abjectnes. He that yeelds submissive and pacifying words and gestures, is humble: he that stoops so low as to please another, he is abased.