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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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To die an unnatural, and shameful and violent death is a misery, a cross, a punishment, death at what door soever it carry a man out of the world, is grim enough to look upon, but to hale a man out of the world by violence and disgrace, makes his approach more terrible. Nature hates its own destruction, the soul and body cannot well endure their separation, but so much the less by how much the destruction is more violent, and the parting more contumelious.
To die an unnaturall, and shamefull and violent death is a misery, a crosse, a punishment, death at what doore soever it carry a man out of the world, is grimme enough to looke upon, but to hale a man out of the world by violence and disgrace, makes his approach more terrible. Nature hates its owne destruction, the soule and body cannot well indure their separation, but so much the lesse by how much the destruction is more violent, and the parting more contumelious.
Let us be thankful to God therefore that hath taken our friends out of the world by fair and natural deaths, and let us abhor and shun those capital sins that may cause the Lord to bring us into the like misery, and to pull us out of the world before our time, and with much contempt also: and let us be always ready not for death alone, but for such a kind of death. A man is to brook reproach with death and as well as death. If only malefactors did fall in this manner, it were our duty to care for no more but to prevent crimes, but seeing the innocent also have been oppressed, witness above all exceptions, our Lord Jesus Christ and his blessed Prophets and Martyrs, now it is requisite for us to prepare for a violent death, only praying to God that we may not pull it on our selves by our sins, and then bearing it quietly, though it should befall us without doing ill, and most comfortably if it should befall us for having done well.
Let us be thankfull to God therefore that hath taken our friends out of the world by faire and naturall deaths, and let us abhorre and shunne those capitall sinnes that may cause the Lord to bring us into the like misery, and to pull us out of the world before our time, and with much contempt also: and let us be alwaies ready not for death alone, but for such a kind of death. A man is to brooke reproach with death and as well as death. If onely malefactors did fall in this manner, it were our duty to care for no more but to prevent crimes, but seeing the innocent also have beene oppressed, witnesse above all exceptions, our Lord Jesus Christ and his blessed Prophets and Martyrs, now it is requisite for us to prepare for a violent death, onely praying to God that wee may not pull it on our selves by our sinnes, and then bearing it quietly, though it should befall us without doing ill, and most comfortably if it should befall us for having done well.