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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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Again, look that there be some at least outside of religion in you, worship God and be not so much lovers of money as not to give him something, even to be at cost for his worship in such kind as cost is now needful, as they were to perform a worship then required the cost notwithstanding. Be not profane to neglect Gods Worship out of slighting it, be not niggards to put of God with as little as you can, but give him of the fruits of your ground; and now know that that is given to God which is given to the maintenance of his Ministers which perform his Worship, and other instruments necessary to the performance of it, as a fit place and the like: O be as good as a Cain, nay willing to be at cost in Gods Worship and for it.
Againe, looke that there be some at least outside of religion in you, worship God and be not so much lovers of money as not to give him something, even to be at cost for his worship in such kind as cost is now needfull, as they were to performe a worship then required the cost notwithstanding. Be not profane to neglect Gods Worship out of sleighting it, be not niggards to put of God with as little as you can, but give him of the fruits of your ground; and now know that that is given to God which is given to the maintenance of his Ministers which performe his Worship, and other instruments necessary to the performance of it, as a fit place and the like: O be as good as a Caine, nay willing to be at cost in Gods Worship and for it.
Also satisfy your selves with one wife, for Cain did so, he knew his wife, wives he had not.
Also satisfie your selves with one wife, for Caine did so, he knew his wife, wives he had not.
Yea, be builders up of your families by thrift and husbandry, for so could Cain, not pullers of them down by riot and unthriftiness: say to thyself, How shall this first of all bad men rise up in judgement against me, if I cannot frame my self at least to be as good as he was? A man should even blush to think what is the eldest son of the Devil more virtuous then I am, O how bad a man am I then.