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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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that durst so far prefer himself above his great grand-fathers Father, for so was Cain, who being then alive and departed from under the government of Adam, was now the King of all the sons that descended from him, during his life, and the Priest too, for Kingdoms and Priest-hoods in those first times went to the eldest of the family by succession. These were chief Rulers in matters civill and religious. He was therefore a very haughty minded man, and a very passionate angry man, and so a very revengeful man which springeth from pride and and passion.
that durst so farre preferre himselfe above his great grand-fathers Father, for so was Caine, who being then alive and departed from under the governement of Adam, was now the King of all the sonnes that descended from him, during his life, and the Priest too, for Kingdomes and Priest-hoods in those first times went to the eldest of the family by succession. These were chiefe Rulers in matters civill and religious. He was therefore a very haughty minded man, and a very passionate angry man, and so a very revengefull man which springeth from pride and and passion.
These be his faults, yet see how good and patient the Lord shows himself unto such a wretch, for he had two sons by one wife,1 and a son and daughter by the other, God gave him the fruit of marriage, though he were the first that so shamefully abused marriage, for God doth not instantly stretch forth a punishing arm against an offender, and these sons of his too were very active and profitable men, of good parts and account, as appears by their inventions mentioned in the Text.2 But yet he is not left quite unpunished, for his life was unquiet, as appeareth by his threatening and bragging what he would do, for such kind of threats be but boastings of the future time. It is not to be doubted of but that his two wives, what by the brawls which would fall out betwixt them and their children, and what by the stirs that they would make with him, each to have him take her part against the other, made his life uncomfortable, so that he was fain to see if he could make the matter a little better by big and violent words, to keep them in awe by fear whom duty could not order. Now this is Lamech.