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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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We have done with Abel, 1the next to be spoken of are Cain's posterity, of whom little is spoken, because the Lord intended a very short story, Cain begat a Son and called his name Enoch, at the same time he was building a City and called it Enoch. The word signifieth to initiate, dedicate or teach, perhaps because he left the City to his Son to finish and to dedicate, himself not being able to do it, because of his distempered conscience which made him wander as a fugitive.
We have done with Abel, 1the next to be spoken of are Caines posterity, of whom little is spoken, because the Lord intended a very short story, Caine begat a Sonne and called his name Henoch, at the same time he was building a City and called it Henoch. The word signifieth to initiate, dedicate or teach, perhaps because hee left the City to his Sonne to finish and to dedicate, himselfe not being able to doe it, because of his distempered conscience which made him wander as a fugitive.
- 1Caines posterity.
This Son begat a Son also and called him Irad, 1the word signifieth (I think) a City of one that ruleth, of the Hebrew words Gnir that signifieth a City, and Rad that signifieth to bear rule, because belike he had finished that City, and hoped to leave it to his Son to rule in it.
This Sonne begat a Sonne also and called him Irad, 1the word signifieth (I thinke) a City of one that ruleth, of the Hebrew words Gnir that signifieth a City, and Rad that signifieth to beare rule, because belike he had finished that City, and hoped to leave it to his Sonne to rule in it.