A15013:1708
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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1Now the special fault of the Butler was forgetting of Joseph, though Joseph had besought him to remember him, signifying also the wrong that he had in being brought either as a slave into the country, or as a prisoner into that place, but the words of Joseph vanished, and the chief Butler had quite forgotten him whom he left in prison, now that himself was gotten out of prison. So is the guise of men, when themselves have escaped crosses, they remember not to be helpful to others that are in like calamity, yea though they have been beholding to them in the time of their misery, and have found them instruments of great comfort in their misery. This is an unthankful kind of unmercifulness, it is a compound of two faults, want of pity and want of gratitude.
1Now the speciall fault of the Butler was forgetting of Ioseph, though Ioseph had besought him to remember him, signifying also the wrong that he had in being brought either as a slave into the countrey, or as a prisoner into that place, but the words of Ioseph vanished, and the chiefe Butler had quite forgotten him whom he left in prison, now that himselfe was gotten out of prison. So is the guize of men, when themselves have escaped crosses, they remember not to be helpfull to others that are in like calamity, yea though they have beene beholding to them in the time of their misery, and have found them instruments of great comfort in their misery. This is an unthankfull kinde of unmercifullnesse, it is a compound of two faults, want of pitty and want of gratitude.
- 1The Butlers special fault the forgetting of Joseph.The Butlers speciall fault the forgetting of Ioseph.
I pray if any be guilty of this fault, let him not forget it now, but being put in mind of it by the hearing of a like offence in this Officer of Pharaoh, let him see it to be as bad a vice in himself, as at the reading of it he cannot choose but judge it in this Courtier. Had he seen so much serviceableness, so excellent skill in so hidden a thing as interpreting of dreams, and such excellent parts in Joseph, and had himself found him so true an Interpreter, as that all things came to pass according to his word, and was he not worth once thinking of for a whole years space together? Sure he was glutted with his own prosperity, that in all those days could not find in his heart to cast one thought back again to the prison, and think of the wrong done to that so worthy a young man, who both ministered unto him in prison and foretold his deliverance out of prison.