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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Say then, wast thou ever driven out of thine own habitation, to serve in a strange place, and an hard master that wronged thee, and used thee discourteously? Wast thou ever in danger to have all thy goods taken from thee by an enraged man, stronger than thy self, and pursuing thee with a revengeful mind? nor wast thou never in peril of thy life by a revengeful person armed with four hundred soldiers? nor wast thou never tormented with seeing thy sons murderers, cozeners, and robbers? nor hast thou never lost a dear child, and thought him slain by a violent death? nor did never no son of thine commit incest with his mother in law? if not, see how favourable God hath been to thee above Jacob, and praise, love, an honour him, and make his gentleness an argument of turning and obeying; for if thou compare thy sins with Jacobs, there need be no doubt, but that thine have been as great as his, and thy repentance as little. But it is our good, not our sins that God looks to in correcting, as a Father corrects not a little child for as great a fault, so much as he doth a stronger.
Say then, wast thou ever driven out of thine owne habitation, to serve in a strange place, and an hard master that wronged thee, and used thee discurteously? Wast thou ever in danger to have all thy goods taken from thee by an enraged man, stronger than thy selfe, and pursuing thee with a revengefull minde? nor wast thou never in perill of thy life by a revengefull person armed with foure hundred souldiers? nor wast thou never tormented with seeing thy sonnes murderers, couzeners, and robbers? nor hast thou never lost a deare childe, and thought him slaine by a violent death? nor did never no son of thine commit incest with his mother in law? if not, see how favourable God hath been to thee above Iacob, and praise, love, an honour him, and make his gentlenesse an argument of turning and obeying; for if thou compare thy sins with Iacobs, there need be no doubt, but that thine have been as great as his, and thy repentance as little. But it is our good, not our sins that God lookes to in correcting, as a Father corrects not a little childe for as great a fault, so much as he doth a stronger.