A15013:1912
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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1More particularly his carriage was good to his Master, and to the strangers, brethren to his Master, but not by him known so to be. 1. Teachable, they learnt some knowledge of the true God from him. The God of your Fathers, saith he, and your God hath given you this treasure. How came this man to know a distinction of Gods? How came he to know that they had a God of their own, peculiar to them and to their Fathers, which was not then acknowledged to be the God of all the world? Egypt had many Gods, this man acknowledgeth one God, and that one God which was acknowledged and worshipped by these men and by their Forefathers. It is not likely, that Joseph told his Steward, that these were his brethren, but it is undoubtedly manifest, that they were some such as he knew to be worshippers of the true God, which he knew by some few men, to be worshipped in the Land of Canaan. Therefore you see how kindly he speaks to them, that a man may even perceive by his words, that they were so much dearer to him, because they pertained to that God. This was the more observable, because he was an Egyptian servant; O that all you which be servants to godly Governors, would learn some goodness from them, even to know and serve God; you all have some knowledge of that one God: but learn also the fear and love of that God, the sincere and careful worship of that God from your Governors, that would fain teach it you, and would count themselves happy if you would learn it from them. But for a servant to live in the family of a Joseph, that laboureth to teach godliness unto him by word and example, and yet declares no sense nor feeling of God, no knowledge or respect of him, how great a sin is this, and how certainly shall this Steward of Joseph rise up against such in judgement?
1More particularly his carriage was good to his Master, and to the strangers, brethren to his Master, but not by him knowne so to be. 1. Teachable, they learnt some knowledge of the true God from him. The God of your Fathers, saith he, and your God hath given you this treasure. How came this man to know a distinction of Gods? How came he to know that they had a God of their owne, peculiar to them and to their Fathers, which was not then acknowledged to be the God of all the world? Egypt had many Gods, this man acknowledgeth one God, and that one God which was acknowledged and worshipped by these men and by their Forefathers. It is not likely, that Ioseph told his Steward, that these were his brethren, but it is undoubtedly manifest, that they were some such as he knew to be worshippers of the true God, which hee knew by some few men, to be worshipped in the Land of Canaan. Therefore you see how kindly he speakes to them, that a man may even perceive by his words, that they were so much dearer to him, because they pertained to that God. This was the more observable, because he was an Egyptian servant; O that all you which be servants to godly Governours, would learne some goodnesse from them, even to know and serve God; you all have some knowledge of that one God: but learne also the feare and love of that God, the sincere and carefull worship of that God from your Governours, that would fain teach it you, and would count themselves happy if you would learne it from them. But for a servant to live in the family of a Ioseph, that laboureth to teach godlinesse unto him by word and example, and yet declares no sense nor feeling of God, no knowledge or respect of him, how great a sinne is this, and how certainely shall this Steward of Ioseph rise up against such in judgement?