A15013:1649
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
Example 24: THE TWENTY FOURTH EXAMPLE.Example 24: THE TWENTY FOVRTH EXAMPLE.
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1But his cross was great, he was over-reached by crafty heads, and himself and all his Family and City butchered by bloody hands. O how could you brook such a cross? and why will not you stand prepared to loose life, goods, children, friends and all? seeing you perceive in the Shechemites how soon all these may be lost, even then when you think your selves secure; and why do you not thank God for preserving you from such both craft and outrage hitherto?
1But his crosse was great, he was over-reacht by crafty heads, and himselfe and all his Family and City butchered by bloudy hands. O how could you brooke such a crosse? and why will not you stand prepared to loose life, goods, children, friends and all? seeing you perceive in the Shechemites how soone all these may be lost, even then when you thinke your selves secure; and why doe you not thanke God for preserving you from such both craft and outrage hitherto?
- 14. His cross. Himself and all his Family and City were murdered.4. His crosse. Himselfe and all his Family and City were murthered.
1Now I proceed to speak of some others. The Adullamite Hiram is a better friend then a man, indeed a good friend but a bad man. His friendship appears to be morally good in its kind,2 because first it was lasting, secondly, it was serviceable, thirdly, it was secret. Lasting, for it continued to Judah so long, till his third son was marriageable and began before his marriage. You cannot conceive it under some twenty years standing, though you should think that Judah married about sixteen or seventeen years of age. Friendship is like wine, the elder the better, the longer it lasteth, the more it is to be praised. Learn to be durable friends, let not a year or two see you changed and estranged, but be like Christ in that respect, whom you love love to the end, unless they do even too too unfriendlily cast you off, and break the laws of friendship. And those that have been fickle friends, let them be ashamed, for it is