A15013:1883
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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First the Lord gave him that extraordinary gift of interpreting Dreams, even from his childhood almost,1 with which he furnished Daniel too, and made it a means of great preferment to them both.
First the Lord gave him that extraordinary gift of interpreting Dreames, even from his childehood almost,1 with which hee furnished Daniel too, and made it a meanes of great preferment to them both.
- 11. God gave him the gift of interpreting Dreams.1. God gave him the gift of interpreting Dreames.
You know how readily he could tell the Butler and the Baker, what was meant by three vine branches, three days, and the wringing of them into Pharaohs Cup, and giving them into, Pharaohs hand, the restoring of him again unto his office. So in the Dream of the other servant of Pharaoh. 3. Baskets are three days, the eating of meat out of the highest by the fowls upon his head, signified the devouring of his flesh by birds, after that Pharaoh had hanged him on the third day. So for Pharaohs Dreams, the number of the kine, and ears of corn 7, and 7, signifying each seven years, the quality of the kine and ears, full and good ears, with fat, fleshy, and well favoured kine, plentiful years; thin, blasted, and empty ears, with lean ill fleshed and ill favoured kine, years of famine. The eating up of the fat and goodly by the lean, the utter forgetting of the past abundance, by the following of the famine, and the number of dreams.
You know how readily hee could tell the Butler and the Baker, what was meant by three vine branches, three dayes, and the wringing of them into Pharaohs Cup, and giving them into, Pharaohs hand, the restoring of him againe unto his office. So in the Dream of the other servant of Pharaoh. 3. Baskets are three dayes, the eating of meat out of the highest by the foules upon his head, signified the devouring of his flesh by birds, after that Pharaoh had hanged him on the third day. So for Pharaohs Dreames, the number of the kine, and eares of corne 7, and 7, signifying each seven yeeres, the quality of the kine and eares, full and good eares, with fat, fleshie, and well favoured kine, plentifull yeares; thin, blasted, and empty eares, with leane ill fleshed and ill favoured kine, yeares of famine. The eating up of the fat and goodly by the leane, the utter forgetting of the past abundance, by the following of the famine, and the number of dreames.