A15013:1916
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 let him be an Example to us, of practising like courtesy to strangers, and specially when we see them troubled and grieved, and most of all, if we perceive them to be servants to the true God, ⟨p. 36⟩learn that virtue of this Steward, though he was a servant, and bond-man, yet it was to Joseph.
Now let him be an Example to us, of practising like curtesie to strangers, and specially when we see them troubled and grieved, and most of all, if we perceive them to be servants to the true God, ⟨p. 36⟩learne that vertue of this Steward, though hee was a servant, and bond-man, yet it was to Ioseph.
Thus have I finished the Examples of the Book of Genesis, which contains a short and brief story of the things done from the beginning of the world to the death of Joseph, for the space as it is thought by some, of 2309 years or thereabouts, and of some, of 60 more, because they do differ in judgement, so much about the age of Terah, when he begat Abraham.
Thus have I finished the Examples of the Booke of Genesis, which containes a short and briefe story of the things done from the beginning of the world to the death of Ioseph, for the space as it is thought by some, of 2309 years or therabouts, and of some, of 60 more, because they doe differ in judgement, so much about the age of Terah, when he begat Abraham.
The main thing in the whole story to be observed is, how wonderfully the providence of God, wrought by degrees, to bring his Church from out of the loins of Abraham, and to make it a great and mighty Nation, which was but a little family, preserving truth, and Religion, in that household and lineage, when he suffered all other Nations by little and little to follow their own way and run into Idolatry and abominations.