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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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O that you which have been rude, wild, debauched in youth, would be careful now in your more stayed time to be truly penitent and become truly godly. There is a kind of amendment by age which is nor sufficient to salvation, though it something recover the credit. It is to lay aside the practise of ones grosser faults, and to frame to a civill carriage and to a creditable behaviour, though still the heart remain vain and earthly, and be not humbled duly by the sight of these faults which were formerly committed. Such a kind of moral amendment is better then none, but I pray you that be old, do not satisfy your selves with that, but mend throughout. See and lament your badness as well as your bad lives, lament and bewail in secret and frequently the former disorders. Be base in your own eyes because of them, and labour to get them pardoned, and your corrupt natures healed, and to shine in piety and holiness and all goodness so much the more by how much your youth was more sinful. All you that have been grievous sinners in youth take this counsel, learn this lesson of Jacobs sons.
O that you which have beene rude, wilde, debaushed in youth, would be carefull now in your more stayed time to be truly penitent and become truly godly. There is a kinde of amendment by age which is nor sufficient to salvation, though it something recover the credit. It is to lay aside the practise of ones grosser faults, and to frame to a civill carriage and to a creditable behaviour, though still the heart remaine vaine and earthly, and bee not humbled duely by the sight of these faults which were formerly committed. Such a kinde of morall amendment is better then none, but I pray you that be old, doe not satisfie your selves with that, but mend throughout. See and lament your badnesse as well as your bad lives, lament and bewaile in secret and frequently the former disorders. Be base in your owne eyes because of them, and labour to get them pardoned, and your corrupt natures healed, and to shine in piety and holinesse and all goodnesse so much the more by how much your youth was more sinnefull. All you that have beene grievous sinners in youth take this counsell, learne this lesson of Iacobs sonnes.
And you young men that have too too much broken forth, O take your selves to task betime, and begin to amend betime. Let your Parents have the happiness to see you reformed in their life time, to behold your change, that they may rejoice in your reformation, and bless God for his goodness in hearing their prayers and granting their desires, and you may cause them to live so much longer and more cheerfully, by seeing so happy and desirable a sight. It will add a new youth to an aged Parent, if he may see his much offending children returned quite back to the ways of God and goodness, most comfortably will they leave earth and go to Heaven when they leave their children in such plight as they may hope to meet them there at last.