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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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First, for their sins, the Holy Ghost sets them out in general, and more particularly. In general, the sin of man is said to be great, 1and that every imagination of the thought of his heart was evil and only evil and that continually. Secondly, it is said,2 that all flesh had corrupted ⟨p. 54⟩his way upon the earth. So their naughtiness was remarkable in these two respects, it was exceeding heinous and grievous in that they committed great and foul sins, in great abundance with great wilfulness, and gave themselves to add sin to sin, doing nothing but plodding and contriving wickedness,3 and then all men gave themselves over to the same bad course; you could not find a man that made scarce a show of goodness out of Noah's house. When all consent together to sell over themselves to work iniquity, and grow past shame or fear, running into most grievous and notorious sins with greediness and wilfulness, this is very offensive to Almighty God, and will certainly provoke his wrath to bring upon them some fearful and heavy punishments.
First, for their sinnes, the Holy Ghost sets them out in generall, and more particularly. In generall, the sinne of man is said to be great, 1and that every imagination of the thought of his heart was evill and onely evill and that continually. Secondly, it is said,2 that all flesh had corrupted ⟨p. 54⟩his way upon the earth. So their naughtinesse was remarkeable in these two respects, it was exceeding hainous and grievous in that they committed great and fowle sinnes, in great abundance with great wilfullnesse, and gave themselves to add sinne to sinne, doing nothing but plodding and contriving wickednesse,3