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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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He had by long *Experience gotten the art of preaching, and he wrote a tract concerning that subject; he had an excellent faculty in characterizing ⟨image 4⟩or fitly describing a virtue or vice, or any other thing, and though he had no common-place-book of his own, yet he could treat of any subject, I might also extol his other endowments, and without danger of exceeding magnify him for his strong natural parts, his solid judgement and tenacious memory, and commend some virtues wherein he excelled to your imitation, as his Humility, Mercifulness, Beneficence, Laboriousness and Diligence *in his Calling, and then also show how comfortably he died, being full of heavenly speeches and godly Exhortations.
He had by long *Experience gotten the art of preaching, and he wrote a tract concerning that subject; hee had an excellent faculty in characterizing ⟨image 4⟩or fitly describing a vertue or vice, or any other thing, and though he had no common-place-booke of his own, yet he could treat of any subject, I might also extoll his other indowments, and without danger of exceeding magnifie him for his strong naturall parts, his solid judgement and tenacious memorie, and commend some vertues wherein hee excelled to your imitation, as his Humility, Mercifullnesse, Beneficence, Laboriousnesse and Diligence *in his Calling, and then also shew how comfortably he died, being full of heavenly speeches and godly Exhortations.
- *He was a Preacher at Banbury above thirty years.He was a Preacher at Banbury above thirty yeares.
- *He went over in his preaching the whole Book of Judges, both the Samuels, the 1 Kings to the 11. C. or thereabout, all the