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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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If any of you have been over-ruled by them, let him nor defer to bewail and confess them before God, and let us all oppose these vices, if they assault us, by holy meditations and prayers; betray not your selves into the hands of so horrible vices, for want of resisting them earnestly, constantly and by spiritual means. Especially suffer not your selves to be transported thus against a brother, to hate a brother or near kinsman, to think on murdering a brother, to neglect the cries of a brother and be inexorable against a brother, entreating not to be murdered, to cast him into a pit and sell him for a slave or to do such kind of injury to a person so near by bonds of Nature, O what an unnaturalness is it, and what a great height and dominion of Vice doth it prove! Religion may be absent from an heart in which yet some relics of good nature do remain, but he hath quenched all sparks of all goodness in him, that can behave himself so mischievously to one, to whom nearness of blood obligeth him. None of these were brethren to Joseph by the mothers side, but alone by the Fathers, but an half brother is soe nearly joined, that that name should have been sufficient to have kept them back from such wickedness.
If any of you have beene over-ruled by them, let him nor deferre to bewaile and confesse them before God, and let us all oppose these vices, if they assault us, by holy meditations and prayers; betray not your selves into the hands of so horrible vices, for want of resisting them earnestly, constantly and by spirituall meanes. Especially suffer not your selves to bee transported thus against a brother, to hate a brother or neare kinsman, to thinke on murthering a brother, to neglect the cryes of a brother and bee inexorable against a brother, intreating not to be murdered, to cast him into a pit and sell him for a slave or to doe such kinde of injury to a person so neare by bonds of Nature, O what an unnaturalnesse is it, and what a great height and dominion of Vice doth it proove! Religion may bee absent from an heart in which yet some reliques of good nature doe remaine, but hee hath quenched all sparkes of all goodnesse in him, that can behave himselfe so mischievously to one, to whom nearenesse of bloud obligeth him. None of these were bretheren to Ioseph by the mothers side, but alone by the Fathers, but an halfe brother is soe nearely joyned, that that name should have beene sufficient to have kept them backe from such wickednesse.