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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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Lastly,1 that is good in him, that he was the husband of one wife and did content himself with the first institution of marriage, not corrupting it with taking variety of women to one and the same man at the same time, as God had made but one Eve for Adam, and said, a man shall cleave to his wife, not to his wives, and they shall be one flesh, meaning, the• two, not three or four. Some are of opinion that in the beginning Eve at every burden bare twins,2 and so there came into the world together a man and a woman, whether this was so or not I cannot affirm, but it may seem probable, because the Holy Ghost makes not much mention of the bringing forth of any woman before the flood, therefore it may be thought that their birth is comprehended in the narration of the birth of the more worthy Sex, and that together with man they were conceived and and borne; but whatsoever became of this conceit, it is evident Cain had but one wife, and that is commendable in him. And this is all that I can pick out of the Story that is good in this bad man, for even in a bad man also may be found many things that for the matter of them are very good.
Lastly,1 that is good in him, that he was the husband of one wife and did content himselfe with the first institution of marriage, not corrupting it with taking variety of women to one and the same man at the same time, as God had made but one Eve for Adam, and said, a man shall cleave to his wife, not to his wives, and they shall be one flesh, meaning, the• two, not three or foure. Some are of opinion that in the beginning Evah at every burden bare twinnes,2 and so there came into the world together a man and a woman, whether this was so or not I cannot affirme, but it may seeme probable, because the Holy Ghost makes not much mention of the bringing forth of any woman before the flood, therefore it may be thought that their birth is comprehended in the narration of the birth of the more worthy Sexe, and that together with man they were conceived and and borne; but whatsoever became of this conceit, it is evident Caine had but one wife, and that is commendable in him. And this is all that I can picke out of the Story that is good in this bad man, for even in a bad man also may be found many things that for the matter of them are very good.