A15013:1558
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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Further Reuben did a good work when he sought to remove his Father from his stiffness in resolving not to send Benjamin to Egypt, 1and if it were possible to win him to that which was so behoovefull for them all; yea and doing it with much earnestness too, saying, Slay my Sons if I bring him not to thee again; he did not mean to expose his Sons to the danger of death by his Fathers and their Grand-fathers hand; for he knew him to be a far more loving Grand-father, then that he could find in his heart to take such a fruitless and bootless revenge, but his meaning is to deal most effectually with his Father, to persuade him to a needful thing and dissuade him from an harmful peremptoriness, as much as if he had told him, that he would use as much care and diligence for Benjamins preservation, as if the life of his two sons did lye at stake for him.
Further Reuben did a good worke when hee sought to remoove his Father from his stiffenesse in resolving not to send Benjamin to Aegypt, 1and if it were possible to winne him to that which was so behoovefull for them all; yea and doing it with much earnestnesse too, saying, Slay my Sonnes if I bring him not to thee againe; hee did not meane to expose his Sonnes to the danger of death by his Fathers and their Grand-fathers hand; for hee knew him to bee a farre more loving Grand-father, then that hee could finde in his heart to take such a fruitlesse and bootlesse revenge, but his meaning is to deale most effectually with his Father, to perswade him to a needefull thing and disswade him from an harmefull peremptorinesse, as much as if hee had told him, that hee would use as much care and diligence for Benjamins preservation, as if the life of his two sons did lye at stake for him.
- 14 He sought to remove his Father from his stiffness in refusing to send Benjamin into Egypt.4 He sought to remove his Father from his stiffenes in refusing to send Benjamin into Aegypt.