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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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Now let us remember Cain's miseries and crosses, and let us affright our selves from sins by them. Think, would I have God make me a fugitive and a runagate, fill mine ears with the voice of terror, and make a dreadful sound possess mine heart always, curse the things I take in hand for my sake, as he did the earth for Cain's sake, deliver me up to gross sins, to hardness and utter profaneness, to impenitency and despair, and a mere forsaking of God and Apostasy; then let me not be an Hypocrite, let me not mock God with shows, let me not sleight reproofs not caring to amend. Let me not hide my sins and allow my self to do evil in secret, fearing mans eyes more then Gods. Let me not mutter against his Justice, let me not ⟨p. 26⟩deny his Mercy. Let me not run into the sins of Cain, which by degrees procured to him this mischief. Hypocrisy brought forth rejecting his service, not profiting by that chastisement brought forth discontent and envy against his Brother, not hearkening to reproof to resist envy, brought forth murder, not confessing and lamenting that, but hiding it, brought forth Gods judgement to make him a fugitive, not stooping to that, but murmuring, brought forth despair, and that utter Apostasy and profaneness. Beware of these sins which you see so fearfully punished, and affright your selves from these faults by the miserable effects of them in Cain. Take great care that sin make not such a progress in your souls, till it utterly separate you from God, as it did Cain. We have more and clearer means then Cain, besides his evil to be our warning; if we prove as bad as he, we shall fare much worse, because of that aggravation of sin which it will receive from this consideration. Tremble to think of yielding to Hypocrisy, envy, murder, muttering, despair, &c. fly from those ways which brought Cain to ruin. Yea learn thankfulness to God, that he hath not laid such miseries upon you as upon Cain, viz. a terrified conscience and a curse upon your estates that can afford you no comfort, and an heart possessed with desperate fancies and impatient risings against God. These be fearful evils, we also have deserved them, but God hath not inflicted them upon many of us.
Now let us remember Caines miseries and crosses, and let us affright our selves from sinnes by them. Thinke, would I have God make mee a fugitive and a runnagate, fill mine eares with the voice of terrour, and make a dreadfull sound possesse mine heart alwaies, curse the things I take in hand for my sake, as hee did the earth for Caines sake, deliver mee up to grosse sinnes, to hardnesse and utter prophanenesse, to impenitencie and despaire, and a meere forsaking of God and Apostacie; then let mee not be an Hypocrite, let mee not mocke God with shewes, let mee not sleight reproofes not caring to amend. Let me not hide my sinnes and allow my selfe to doe evill in secret, fearing mans eyes more then Gods. Let mee not mutter against his Justice, let mee not