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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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1And you may see in Cain what be the signs of an Hypocrite. 1. Envy at those that be better then himself, and even hating them because they have better esteem then himself. 2. Not striving to reform his sins when he is admonished, nor confess them to God, and craving help against them, but rather persisting in them and denying them. 3. Chasing at admonitions. 4. Casting of at last ⟨p. 25⟩all care of religion. 5. Murmuring against God for the greatness of his punishment and so despairing of his mercy as to run away from him. O beware of all these signs of prevailing Hypocrisy, and do as Cain should have don. Strive against guile, set against envy, labour to profit by Gods admonitions in his Word, though he come not now in person to admonish you. If you have sinned confess it to God, stoop to his Justice, confess him righteous if he destroy you. Hold fast a persuasion of the possibility of having your sins pardoned how great soever, and a hope of finding pardon at least in such a degree as may make you run penitently to God and boldly to crave pardon. And most of all, take heed of growing utterly impenitent out of despair, and go not about to bury your selves in the world and so to ease the torments of your consciences, but by humble falling down before God, seek for mercy which will indeed refresh you. Profit your selves by the lamentable and tragical story of Cain. And above all, take heed of letting envy proceed to that height as to carry you into actual murder, but resist and oppose it, and cast it out of your hearts, that it may not bring you to be spillers of innocent blood, that is a crying sin, and you see what torment and hardness it is apt to bring upon the committer, chiefly if the cause of hatred and envy be goodness.
1And you may see in Caine what be the signes of an Hypocrite. 1. Envie at those that be better then himselfe, and even hating them because they have better esteeme then himselfe. 2. Not striving to reforme his sinnes when hee is admonished, nor confesse them to God, and craving helpe against them, but rather persisting in them and denying them. 3. Chasing at admonitions. 4. Casting of at last ⟨p. 25⟩all care of religion. 5. Murmuring against God for the greatnesse of his punishment and so despairing of his mercy as to run away from him. O beware of all these signes of prevailing Hypocrisie, and do as Caine should have don. Strive against guile, set against envie, labour to profit by Gods admonitions in his Word, though hee come not now in person to admonish you. If you have sinned confesse it to God, stoope to his Justice, confesse him righteous if he destroy you. Hold fast a perswasion of the possibility of having your sins pardoned how great soever, and a hope of finding pardon at least in such a degree as may make you runne penitently to God and boldly to crave pardon. And most of all, take heed of growing utterly impenitent out of despaire, and goe not about to burie your selves in the world and so to ease the torments of your consciences, but by humble falling downe before God, seeke for mercy which will indeed refresh you. Profit your selves by the lamentable and tragicall story of Caine. And above all, take heed of letting envie proceed to that height as to carrie you into actuall murder, but resist and oppose it, and cast it out of your hearts, that it may not bring you to be spillers of innocent blood, that is a crying sinne, and you see what torment and hardnesse it is apt to bring upon the committer, chiefely if the cause of hatred and envie be goodnesse.