A15013:1461
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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Now I pray you let us search our selves, to see if we be not guilty of the same faults with Laban, and learn with grief and shame to confess, that our selves who have far more and better means, have yet been as palpably faulty as this Idolater, as unjust, as worldly, as envious, as apt to follow surmises, and so in the rest; and let us greatly abhor our selves, that better helps have prevailed no more with us; and now let us resolve to put away these faults: and seeing we have given our names to Christ, and enjoy the Word, Name, and Sacraments of Christ, let us abhor to run into those ⟨p. 122⟩evils which being blame-worthy enough in an Heathen, are ten times more loathsome in a Christian.
Now I pray you let us search our selves, to see if wee bee not guilty of the same faults with Laban, and learne with griefe and shame to confesse, that our selves who have farre more and better meanes, have yet beene as palpably faulty as this Idolater, as unjust, as worldly, as envious, as apt to follow surmises, and so in the rest; and let us greatly abhorre our selves, that better helpes have prevailed no more with us; and now let us resolve to put away these faults: and seeing we have given our names to Christ, and enjoy the Word, Name, and Sacraments of Christ, let us abhorre to runne into those ⟨p. 122⟩evils which being blame-worthy enough in an Heathen, are ten times more loathsome in a Christian.
So much of his deeds, good and bad; Now the things that befell him are some good, and some bad, at least as he accounted it.
So much of his deedes, good and bad; Now the things that befell him are some good, and some bad, at least as hee accounted it.