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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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Secondly, to arm ourselves against those sins, and to abound in the contrary virtues, for so it is our duty, as Bees do honey out ⟨p. 44⟩of weeds, to gather good out of bad Examples. Come hither then and let me examine you in Gods name. Is there not any amongst you that hath violated marriage worse then Lamech. He did sin by taking two wives. The Laws would punish you for following him in that, and would not suffer you to keep two women under the name of wives, have not you therefore fallen to flat and down-right adultery. If so, repent of this enormity; The Lord will not suffer the transgressors of his Covenant to bear it free if repentance do not stay his hand.
Secondly, to arme ourselves against those sinnes, and to abound in the contrary vertues, for so it is our duty, as Bees doe honey out ⟨p. 44⟩of weeds, to gather good out of bad Examples. Come hither then and let mee examine you in Gods name. Is there not any amongst you that hath violated marriage worse then Lamech. He did sinne by taking two wives. The Lawes would punish you for following him in that, and would not suffer you to keepe two women under the name of wives, have not you therefore falne to flat and downe-right adultery. If so, repent of this enormity; The Lord will not suffer the transgressors of his Covenant to beare it free if repentance doe not stay his hand.
Yea have not some of you been Lamechs in making the first breach into a sin; Inventers of evil things, S. Paul calls them which are the first which do them, that run into them not induced by any former examples, but carried by their own corruptions, and so by going over the hedge, induce others to follow them: such sinners be the more grievous before God by how much they show a more impudent disposition, that dare lead the way to wickedness, and make themselves captains and ring-leaders to so vile and mischievous a thing, and such sins do call for a larger measure of sorrow and humiliation.