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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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So we have spoken all we have to speak of Cain. Now I will make some use of all.
So we have spoken all we have to speake of Caine. Now I will make some use of all.
First, from that that was good in Cain, 1I pray you learn at least to be as good as so bad a man was, and therefore may sure be attained by natural endeavours. You see Cain did not give himself to run idling about the world, but submitted to his Fathers government, so far as to give himself to Husbandry. O let no man turn himself into a cipher, nay into an excrement that lives in the world to no purpose, yea to bad purpose; for he shall not but do naughtily that will do nothing, set your selves therefore to have and to follow some calling and employment. Live not like those playful creatures, imperfect pictures of men, but of such men the fitterest emblems, like apes and monkeys only to skip up and down and to make sport, but live to bestow your selves in some profitable vocation for your own and the common good.
First, from that that was good in Caine, 1I pray you learne at least to be as good as so bad a man was, and therefore may sure be attained by naturall indeavours. You see Caine did not give himselfe to runne idling about the world, but submitted to his Fathers government, so farre as to give himselfe to Husbandry. O let no man turne himselfe into a cipher, nay into an excrement that lives in the world to no purpose, yea to bad purpose; for hee shall not but doe naughtily that will doe nothing, set your selves therefore to have and to follow some calling and employment. Live not like those playfull creatures, imperfect pictures of men, but of such men the fitrest emblemes, like apes and monkeys onely to skip up and downe and to make sport, but live to bestow your selves in some profitable vocation for your owne and the common good.
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