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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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1We must make some use of all this, first, to be thankful unto God that hath imparted to some men such good wits and understandings ⟨p. 47⟩that they were able to find out and perfect those several Sciences and Callings, for how toilsome and uncomfortable would our lives be if we did not enjoy these helps and comforts. Even this natural ability is from God and deserveth thanks from us.
1We must make some use of all this, first, to be thankefull unto God that hath imparted to some men such good wits and understandings ⟨p. 47⟩that they were able to finde out and perfect those severall Sciences and Callings, for how toylesome and uncomfortable would our lives be if we did not enjoy these helpes and comforts. Even this naturall ability is from God and deserveth thankes from us.
- 1The uses of all.
Again, men must set themselves to be profitable to the world, by either inventing or adding to the inventions of others in any kind. It is good to do something for which the world may be the better, and not to come into the world merely as rats and mice only to devour victuals and to run squeaking up and down. Be you followers of such, if you cannot invent and perfect an art, yet learn and follow some that is already invented. These men were not idlesbees, do naughts; O be you as good at least as these sons of Lamech, only labour to be so moderate in following and using all these earthly things, that you be not earthly minded thereby, but may become careful of things that pertain to the soul and to another life, as well as of those that belong to this present life and to this body of clay. It is good to use the world but not to love it, to set our hands on work about the things of it, but not to set our hearts upon it. This is a baiting place and not a place of habitation, we make a journey through this world, we do not dwell in the world. O let our minds and desires and wishes be in Heaven, and let us do those outward things with reference unto Heaven, that by profiting men and serving God in a calling, we may make our way to Heaven the easier, and our wages there the greater. And so much for the linage of Cain.