A15013:1479
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
O ignorant and self-deceiving, and self-conceited creatures that we be, let us beg more wisdom and unpartialnesse to our selves at Gods hand.
O ignorant and self-deceiving, and self-conceited creatures that we be, let us beg more wisdome and unpartialnesse to our selves at Gods hand.
The second son of Bilhah is Naphtali, which signifies wrestling,1 because saith she, I have wrestled with great wrestlings with my sister, and have prevailed. Certainly she plays the unwise woman here too, and makes too bold with Gods name, in saying, With wrestlings of God, and doth her sister great injury. Poor Leah used no means to keep her from fruitfulness, she neither did keep her husband from her, nor any other thing by which to hinder her from being a mother, therefore her wrestlings were only conceited wrestlings, and she proved that envy will cause one to think he is opposed, when indeed he is not; let us take heed of dreaming that we be wrestled withal, and prevail, when in very deed, it is neither so nor so.
The second son of Bilhah is Nephthali, which signifies wrastling,1 because saith she, I have wrastled with great wrastlings with my sister, and have prevailed. Certainly she playes the unwise woman here too, and makes too bold with Gods name, in saying, With wrastlings of God, and doth her sister great injury. Poore Leah used no meanes to keepe her from fruitfulnesse, she neither did keepe her husband from her, nor any other thing by which to hinder her from being a mother, therefore her wrastlings were only conceited wrastlings, and shee proved that envy will cause one to thinke hee is opposed, when indeed he is not; let us take heed of dreaming that we bee wrastled withall, and prevaile, when in very deed, it is neither so nor so.
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