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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
Example 4: THE FOURTH EXAMPLE.Example 4: THE FOVRTH EXAMPLE.
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Now of Seth nothing is said, but that he begat a Son at an hundred and five years old, as the next Chapter shows, calling him Enosh, that is, sorrow or grief, because of the many griefs and sorrows to which men are subject in this life. Well may man have the name of sorry given to him, so full of miseries is he as Job spake long after.1 Only it is added, that in Seth's days men began to call on the name of the Lord. It may be rendered (some think) the name of God was profaned in calling on, that is, men grew then very profane in a careless abusing Gods public Service and Worship. Others thus, then it was begun to call on the name of the Lord, that is, men began more publicly and religiously and openly to call on the name of God, to profess true piety more carefully in public assemblies. It notes in the former sense a growing worse of the times, in the latter a growing better. I am in doubt whether sense to fasten upon, I think rather of the twain it is a taxing of the public profanation of God in abusing his worship, because it follows immediately upon the giving of the name Enosh, sorrowful, miserable, mortal man, as a reason of that name, why did his Father call him so, because Gods name then began to be profaned in calling upon, men grew more and more careless and remiss in Gods service, and did it in so bad and negligent and indevout a fashion, as it was rather a profaning then a worshipping or honouring of his name. And this seemeth the rather to be the meaning, because there is little reason to think that Adam and Seth did not long before this apply themselves to the careful worshipping of God in their assemblies, and to take all good means to save themselves from the corruption of the Kaynites. Or it may be rendered, then it was begun to call by the name of Lord, that is, men began then to have that name given them of the sons of God, and this I like best of all the three, because in the beginning of the sixth Chapter (which continues the story, and the fifth Chapter is but a digression put in to show the age of the world at the flood) it is said, the sons of God saw the daughters of the sons of men. Whereby it is apparent, that to the men that professed true religion with Adam and Seth the name of the sons of God was given, and to the rest the name of the sons of men.
Now of Seth nothing is said, but that he begat a Sonne at an hundred and five yeares old, as the next Chapter shewes, calling him Enosh, that is, sorrow or griefe, because of the many griefes and sorrowes to which men are subject in this life. Well may man have the name of sorry given to him, so full of miseries is he as Iob spake long after.