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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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1First good, you see God gave him a son and sons son, and continued his life along time to give him space of repentance, and set a mark upon him to save him from the violence of all men, threatening to punish him seven-fold, that is, seven times as much as he had hurt Cain if any should kill him. Seeing it pleased not God to tell us what this mark was with which he noted this prime murderer; it is fondness in us to weary our selves with conjectures; some think it was visible to all men, but what I know not, nor I am sure can any man else tell, but it was the goodness of God to secure him of life who had deserved death, for the Law of putting the murderer to death was not yet, and God would not put Adam to so hard a task as killing his own son, but would show himself to be above Law, in forbearing to do that which he will not suffer a Magistrate to forbear, even putting to death of a wilful murderer; yea, it was the great goodness of God to give him health and many children, and children's children, and to grant him riches and prosperity in the world abundantly if it had been possible to have drawn him to repentance,2 yea it was a great benefit that God came gently to admonish him of his inward malice, if it might have been to have hindered the breaking of it out into murder, and after it was done to come again with this gentle second admonition, if it had been possible to have melted him and have drawn him to submissive humiliation. So God vouchsafed him means to keep him from sin and to draw him out of sin, and time long enough to make use of those means, and many benefits to allure him to make use of them, thus good is God even to sinners, and impenitent sinners, to offer them means of repentance and acceptation upon their repentance, and vouchsafe them store of good things for a long time, notwithstanding their obstinateness in refusing to repent.