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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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Now God can give love to them that ask, as well as wisdom,1 and let him that would love his wife, pray for it, and withal withdraw his heart from strange women. But again, Jacob could be duly angry with his wife, and reprove her for her fault, for when she in a great rage calls to him for children, and would die if she had none. He is angry at her, but with such moderation, that he gives her a due reproof, but no distempered language, saying, Am I in Gods stead, that hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb. As Jacob tempered his anger towards his Father in Law; so towards his wife, he is indeed moved with some passion, but it doth not carry him to any violence, or to inordinate sharpness. Here husbands must learn to follow this virtuous man, if there be just cause of being angry at the wife in regard of some great over-shooting her self towards themselves or others, they may be angry, but their anger must be so kept down by love, that they may not be bitter, which the Apostle doth precisely forbid to husbands; they must blame the fault, but not admix words, to show alienation of heart for the faults sake.
Now God can give love to them that aske, as well as wisdome,1 and let him that would love his wife, pray for it, and withall withdraw his heart from strange women. But againe, Iacob could be duly angry with his wife, and reprove her for her fault, for when she in a great rage cals to him for children, and would die if she had none. He is angry at her, but with such moderation, that he gives her a due reproofe, but no distempered language, saying, Am I in Gods stead, that hath withholden from thee the fruit of the wombe. As Iacob tempered his anger towards his Father in Law; so towards his wife, he is indeed moved with some passion, but it doth not carry him to any violence, or to inordinate sharpnesse. Here husbands must learne to follow this vertuous man, if there be just cause of being angry at the wife in regard of some great over-shooting her selfe towards themselves or others, they may be angry, but their anger must be so kept downe by love, that they may not be bitter, which the Apostle doth precisely forbid to husbands; they must blame the fault, but not admixe words, to shew alienation of heart for the faults sake.
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