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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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But the worst and last fault is,1 she stole her Fathers Idols and concealed them with dissembling and false excuses. She had been wife to Jacob for twenty years space, she had called upon God for a child, and he had given her a son, she had showed some faith in him, by calling the son Joseph, professing her hope of having yet another son. Either we must throw an imputation of great carelessness upon Jacob if he taught her not the true God, and his true worship, or else upon her, that after so long time of ⟨p. 102⟩teaching had not gotten her out of those Idolatrous fancies, but must even steal away with her her Fathers Idols, it was not done out of detestation of Idolatry, to free her Fathers house from them, that she might have done without the trouble of carrying them so far, she might have burnt them, or otherwise destroyed them sure enough: but I conceive she did it out of a superstitious conceit of some goodness in the gods, or in those pictures of gods. The word signifies Images of men, and they were belike little Images, else she could not have conveyed them so quickly, and so secretly, but that they would have been known. It is much ado to wear superstition out of the heart of one that hath been superstitiously brought up.
But the worst and last fault is,1 she stole her Fathers Idols and concealed them with dissembling and false excuses. Shee had beene wife to Iacob for twenty yeares space, she had called upon God for a childe, and he had given her a son, she had shewed some faith in him, by calling the son Ioseph, professing her hope of having yet another son. Either we must throw an imputation of great carelesnesse upon Iacob if hee taught her not the true God, and his true worship, or else upon her, that after so long time of ⟨p. 102⟩teaching had not gotten her out of those Idolatrous fancies, but must even steale away with her her Fathers Idols, it was not done out of detestation of Idolatry, to free her Fathers house from them, that she might have done without the trouble of carrying them so far, she might have burnt them, or otherwise destroyed them sure enough: but I conceive she did it out of a superstitious conceit of some goodnesse in the gods, or in those pictures of gods. The word signifies Images of men, and they were belike little Images, else shee could not have conveighed them so quickly, and so secretly, but that they would have been knowne. It is much adoe to weare superstition out of the heart of one that hath been superstitiously brought up.