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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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1But let us look into his vices and faults. The first and worst fault is, he was an Hypocrite, one in whom hypocrisy ruled, for had he not been such a one, the Lord would not have forborne to show the same respect to him and to his gift that he showed to his Brother Abel and his gift. God is not an accepter of persons, he doth not regard one sincere man and neglect another that hath the same sincerity, but he hears all that call upon him in truth, as saith the Psalmist: and in every nation those that fear him and work righteousness are acceptable to him, seeing then God did not testify of his gifts,2 they were but the gifts of an hypocrite. For an hypocrite is he which contenteth himself with a form of religion, in performing the external acts of it and is not sanctified by it, hath not the dominion of sin broken, hath not the image of God renewed in him, hath not the divine nature bestowed upon him, nor cares nor seeks to have it, but contents and satisfieth himself in these external devotions. Whosoever is careful to come to Gods Ordinances, to pray, hear, read, receive the Sacraments, and the like acts of religion, and doth so carelessly, overly, and negligently perform them, as not in them to seek and attain true sanctity and recovering out of the snare of the Devil and power of sin, (for these effects of true religion are not denied to any in and by those ordinances but to those which neglect to serve for them in and by these Ordinances) he is a very Cain that is, an Hypocrite. Hypocrisy is a fearful sin, and this was Cain•• first and worst sin, that he was an Hypocrite, he performed indeed ••e outward work of religion, but performed it not out of faith and with a desire thereby to do true honour to God, and to give himself unto God, and •o get grace from God to make him his, but barely out of custom o• respect to his Fathers authority who had so trained him up, or out of a kind of imperfect natural devotion, that he might seem to himself good, and nourish in himself good hopes of escaping Hell and getting Heaven: Notwithstanding his taking leave to himself to commit other sins which liked him, or such other like corrupt and mere self respecting ends, as credit with his Father and Mother and the rest of his Brethren and Sisters;