A15013:1844
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 26: THE TWENTY SIXTH EXAMPLE.Example 26: THE TWENTY SIXT EXAMPLE.
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1Now many particulars of Josephs carriage are somewhat doubtful & extraordinary, and we cannot tell what to say of them, viz. his charging of them to be spies, when he knew they were not, and his picking quarrels with their answer, and imprisoning them, and then causing his cup to be hid in one of their sacks, and so bringing them into the guilt of theft causelessly. But all this was done in seeming, only ⟨p. 21⟩to bring them to thorough repentance for their sin, which when he perceived by Judahs speech and all their carriage, that it was effected, then he shows himself to them speedily.
1Now many particulars of Iosephs carriage are somwhat doubtfull & extraordinary, and we cannot tell what to say of them, viz. his charging of them to be spies, when he knew they were not, and his picking quarrels with their answer, and imprisoning them, and then causing his cup to be hid in one of their sacks, and so bringing them into the guilt of theft causelessely. But all this was done in seeming, only ⟨p. 21⟩to bring them to thorough repentance for their sin, which when hee perceived by Iudahs speech and all their carriage, that it was effected, then he shewes himselfe to them speedily.
- 1Some acts of Josephs carriage were doubtful and extraordinary.Some acts of Iosephs carriage were doubtfull and extraordinary.
The thing we must imitate is this, to use all care of bringing those that are near to us, to repentance for their faults, by intermixing seasonable sharpness and kindness, as Joseph did to his brethren.