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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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Now his prosperity was great. First,1 God warned him of the Famine before hand that he might prevent the danger of it to his people: a great mercy to be made to understand evils long before, ⟨p. 180⟩that a man may hide himself from the evil of them, the wisdom of man can alone guess of future things, and of some it cannot so much as guess. O how great favour doth God show to men when he will lend them a little part of his Wisdom, and tell them what mischiefs are coming on the world. So God told David, how Saul and the men of Keilah would have conspired against him, Christ foretold his Disciples of the ruin of Jerusalem, and made them able to save themselves out of that destruction. Now we must learn to esteem it a greater mercy, that we are forewarned of the evil to come in another world, and acquainted with the only means of flying from that unsufferable wrath. Let us be as careful to believe those predictions and to follow that counsel for escaping the mischief foretold, as here Pharaoh was to believe Joseph and to take his counsel, and then shall we as assuredly escape the misery of eternal destruction, as he and his Country escaped the unhappiness of Famine.
Now his prosperity was great. First,1 God warned him of the Famine before hand that hee might prevent the danger of it to his people: a great mercy to be made to understand evills long before, ⟨p. 180⟩that a man may hide himselfe from the evill of them, the wisedome of man can alone guesse of future things, and of some it cannot so much as guesse. O how great favour doth God shew to men when he will lend them a little part of his Wisdome, and tell them what mischiefes are comming on the world. So God told David, how Saul and the men of Keilah would have conspired against him, Christ foretold his Disciples of the ruine of Ierusalem, and made them able to save themselves out of that destruction. Now wee must learne to esteeme it a greater mercy, that we are forewarned of the evill to come in another world, and acquainted with the onely meanes of flying from that unsufferable wrath. Let us be as carefull to beleeve those predictions and to follow that counsell for escaping the mischiefe foretold, as here Pharaoh was to beleeve Ioseph and to take his counsell, and then shall we as assuredly escape the misery of eternall destruction, as he and his Countrey escaped the unhappinesse of Famine.