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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
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.
Be not some of you youths (whose Parents, though they must not be compared to Jacob, yet are such as have feared God, and afforded you the best helps they could to virtue and piety) as lewd and sinful in your carriage as Jacobs sons. Yes, yes, some of you are as guilty of evil demeanour as these youths, though you have the same furtherances to goodness. Now for the living Gods sake, whose name you take upon you, for your own souls sake, which else will one day rue this naughtiness and rudeness, and for your Parents and friends sake, that are ashamed and vexed with your ill report, be entreated at length to consider how great a wickedness it is to live naughtily, when God hath vouchsafed you so many means to make you good, and turn you from your evil ways, and frame you to such a conversation as will beseem and comfort your selves and your Parents.
Be not some of you youthes (whose Parents, though they must not be compared to Iacob, yet are such as have feared God, and affoorded you the best helpes they could to vertue and piety) as lewd and sinfull in your carriage as Iacobs sonnes. Yes, yes, some of you are as guilty of evill demeanour as these youthes, though you have the same furtherances to goodnesse. Now for the living Gods sake, whose name you take upon you, for your owne soules sake, which else will one day rue this naughtinesse and rudenesse, and for your Parents and friends sake, that are ashamed and vexed with your ill report, be intreated at length to consider how great a wickednesse it is to live naughtily, when God hath vouchsafed you so many meanes to make you good, and turne you from your evill wayes, and frame you to such a conversation as will beseeme and comfort your selves and your Parents.
O let not a Jacobs son be a drunkard, a gamester, a wanton, a night-walker, and ill company keeper; a quarreller; let not such nettles grow upon a garden, learn to shun what was loathsome in the sons of Jacob.1
O let not a Iacobs sonne be a drunkard, a gamester, a wanton, a night-walker, and ill company keeper; a quarreller; let not such nettles grow upon a garden, learne to shunne what was loathsome in the sons of Iacob.