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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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And if any have committed such vile sins, let them be much humbled and make hast to repent, knowing the goodness of God who if we cast down our selves, is ready to pardon such sins and sinners. Be not hardened, grow not impudent in sinning, neither seek to extenuate great sins, but labour to be greatly ashamed of them, sorrowful for them, and earnestly sue for grace to heal your natures, and willingly confess them before God, if they break out so as to prove scandalous before men also.
And if any have committed such vile sinnes, let them be much humbled and make hast to repent, knowing the goodnesse of God who if we cast downe our selves, is ready to pardon such sinnes and sinners. Be not hardened, grow not impudent in sinning, neither seeke to extenuate great sinnes, but labour to be greatly ashamed of them, sorrowfull for them, and earnestly sue for grace to heale your natures, and willingly confesse them before God, if they breake out so as to proove scandalous before men also.
Now see Reubens particular good deeds.1
- 12. His virtues. 1. He wisely dissuaded his Brethren from killing of Joseph.2. His vertues. 1. He wisely disswaded his Brethren from killing of Ioseph.
First, he turned his Brethren from their purpose of killing Joseph, not by earnest opposition which would rather have exasperated them and hastened the execution of their evil plot, but by a kind of artificial discreet and gentle way dissuading from the unnaturalness, seeing he was their Brother and propounding a way less unnatural in it self to seem too, and yet not less fit for their purpose, kill him not with your hands, but cast him into a pit and let him starve there. His meaning was not to let him perish, but he knew that he could not by force take him out of their hands now, yet he had good hope secretly and in their absence to pull him out of the pit and deliver him safe to his Father.