A15013:1373
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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1And for her crosses, they were, want of her husbands love and comfortable cohabitation, and all the miseries she underwent with her husband besides, her Father was something unkind, as it may seem, for she saith, He counted them strangers; and she also had an imperfection in her visage, for she was blear-eyed. I hope you will all learn to imitate her virtues, fly her sins, be thankful for the like mercies, and patient under the like crosses, and then you shall not be losers of time by hearing her story.
1And for her crosses, they were, want of her husbands love and comfortable cohabitation, and all the miseries shee underwent with her husband besides, her Father was something unkinde, as it may seeme, for she saith, He counted them strangers; and she also had an imperfection in her visage, for she was bleare-eyed. I hope you will all learne to imitate her vertues, flie her sins, be thankfull for the like mercies, and patient under the like crosses, and then you shall not be losers of time by hearing her story.
- 13. Her crosses, want of her husbands love and cohabitation with her, and the miseries she suffered with her husband, and the unkindness of her Father, she was also blear-eved. Zilpah, Bilhah, guilty of incest.3. Her crosses, want of her husbands love and cohabitation with her, and the miseries she suffered with her husband, and the unkindnes of her Father, she was also bleare-eved. Zilpah, Bilhah, guilty of incest.
Now the two handmaidens, Zilpah and Bilhah.