A15013:1568
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Murder is a sin against the light of Scripture and of Nature, against the Laws of GOD and every well ordered Common-weal, a gross sin and palpable, a mischievous sin, wronging the Person murdered in his life, the preciousest thing he hath, with an irrecoverable wrong, wronging his Friends, wronging the Common-weal, and wronging GOD extremely in presumptuous encroaching upon his prerogative, to be the taker as he hath been the giver of life.
1Murder is a sinne against the light of Scripture and of Nature, against the Lawes of GOD and every well ordered Common-weale, a grosse sinne and palpable, a mischievous sinne, wronging the Person murdered in his life, the pretiousest thing hee hath, with an irrecoverable wrong, wronging his Friends, wronging the Common-weale, and wronging GOD extreamely in presumptuous incroching upon his prerogative, to be the taker as hee hath beene the giver of life.
- 1Murder is a great sin.Murder is a great sinne.
O be thankful to the living God, that he hath kept you from this red and crimson sin, especially if any have been so inflamed with rage as once David, that he hath even desired, and resolved, and intended, and attempted to commit murder, as it fell out to David, and he hath kept him from it, either by preventing the occasion, or some counsel coming betwixt, or some diverting of the blow or the like, O let him be thankful that he hath escaped the fact of murder, as well as be humble, that he hath desired to commit the fault. We must not ascribe to our selves the immunity from gross sins, and please our selves in our estate because of it, but we must give God the glory, and loath and abase our selves and our bad nature, that should fall into them if we were left to our selves, chiefly if nothing have stopped us from them but want of opportunity.