A15013:1361
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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1So you have what is good and bad in her; now look upon her crosses; we can find but few, and one which at last too was removed, she was barren: This barrenness God sent of purpose to keep her down, because she should not too much sleight her sister; but she made this a great cross, though it be no great one in it self; you see that barrenness is a cross, and to some people a great cross, because of their earnest desire of issue on some or other consideration. But it is needful that God tame and humble us with some or other crosses, and either make them great, or make use of our folly to our further humbling, by giving us over to our selves, to make them great that else would not be so. We must pray God to sanctify crosses, and then we shall never repent of them when they be past: many a man hath repented for other things, but sanctified crosses were never yet bewailed afterwards. Perhaps one may esteem it a cross that she was fain to leave her Fathers house, but indeed that was a benefit, for by that means she was quite (we hope) freed from the Idolatry of her Fathers house, from which, so long as she lived there, she was not quite purged.
1So you have what is good and bad in her; now looke upon her crosses; we can finde but few, and one which at last too was removed, she was barren: This barrennesse God sent of purpose to keepe her downe, because she should not too much sleight her sister; but she made this a great crosse, though it be no great one in it selfe; you see that barrennesse is a crosse, and to some people a great crosse, because of their earnest desire of issue on some or other consideration. But it is needfull that God tame and humble us with some or other crosses, and either make them great, or make use of our folly to our further humbling, by giving us over to our selves, to make them great that else would not be so. Wee must pray God to sanctifie crosses, and then we shall never repent of them when they be past: many a man hath repented for other things, but sanctified crosses were never yet bewailed afterwards. Perhaps one may esteeme it a crosse that she was faine to leave her Fathers house, but indeed that was a benefit, for by that meanes she was quite (we hope) freed from the Idolatry of her Fathers house, from which, so long as she lived there, she was not quite purged.
- 15. She preferred her husband before her Parents. 3. Her crosses. 1. She was barren.