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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 we have the good of Abel, we should speak of his evil, but we have none to speak of. For the Holy Ghost hath not told ⟨p. 36⟩us of any evil that he committed, not because he had none, but because his life was so short, and withal so good, that the Lord saw it not fit to make mention of any, and surely though the Scripture do report the faults of other godly men, yet it seems here to set forth Cain and Abel as the two seeds, the one of the Woman, the other of the Serpent, and therefore of the good seed mentions no faults, because in him God saw none, that is, would not impute any.
Now we have the good of Abel, we should speake of his evill, but wee have none to speake of. For the Holy Ghost hath not told ⟨p. 36⟩us of any evill that hee committed, not because he had none, but because his life was so short, and withall so good, that the Lord saw it not fit to make mention of any, and surely though the Scripture doe report the faults of other godly men, yet it seemes here to set forth Caine and Abel as the two seeds, the one of the Woman, the other of the Serpent, and therefore of the good seed mentions no faults, because in him God saw none, that is, would not impute any.
Now let us consider the things that befell him, 1. Good, 2. Bad.