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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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The second sin of Cain follows,1 that when he perceived that God had not respect to him and his sacrifice, he was wrath and his countenance fell, he had a furious inside and a dogged outside, whereas he should have looked into the cause, he only chased at the thing. This is a fearful sin, when a man is punished, to be vexed at the punishment, and not take care to see and reform the sin which causeth the punishment. This is to accuse God as the Author of the evil, and not himself, and so to justify himself above God; this is to show a predominancy of pride and blindness, that out of an high opinion of himself hath his mind muffled as it were from seeing his own faults, it is to show that he serveth that sin which punishments cannot make him humbly to confess; and this wrath and fallen countenance was procured through envy against his Brother; for he did not only vex himself because his one Sacrifice found no approbation, but also hated his Brother, because his was accepted, as appears, because God in reproving his sullen and dogged looks, doth tell him instantly, that unto thee shall be his desire, that is, I know Cain what aileth thee, thou art wrath against thy Brother, and hatest him, because he is more regarded by me then thy self, but know that I intend not to take away the superiority which thine age gives thee, he shall be thine inferior in respect of government, though he be better then thy self in virtues. Thou shalt be the ruler of the Family after Adam and not he.2 For at that time the government of the world was only domesticall, and the elder Brother was the chief Magistrate under and after the Father. So envy ruled in Cain, discontent festered to an hatred of his Brother, because he thought his Brother had more respect then himself, and so that his Brother hindered him from being accepted.3 This envy is much condemned. It is said, Envy not sinners, much less the righteous, and S. Paul saith,4 Let us not be covetous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another, noting vain-glory to be the root on the which envy grows; and Solomon saith, Who can stand against envy, noting it to be one of the most unreasonable faults that is, as hating a man because he is not as miserable as himself, or at least because he is more happy than himself. This is a second fault of Cain.