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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God made all the great deeps to break up,1 and the springs to over-flow, so that the waters gushed up from the ground, and then opened the windows of Heaven, and caused all the waters from above to fall down, till at length the rain continuing for the space of forty days,2 and the waters finding so violent an issue upwards, the whole earth and all the highest mountains were covered with water fifteen cubits, that is, a cubit being counted for half a yard, seven yards and an half high, to the cutting off of all the sons and daughters of Adam, and of all the birds and beasts that could not live in the water, save those few that were in the Ark with Noah, who besides his preaching by the sign, of building the Ark did warn them but all in vain of the following flood.
God made all the great deepes to breake up,1 and the springs to over-flow, so that the waters gushed up from the ground, and then opened the windowes of Heaven, and caused all the waters from above to fall downe, till at length the raine continuing for the space of forty daies,2 and the waters finding so violent an issue upwards, the whole earth and all the highest mountaines were covered with water fifteene cubits, that is, a cubit being counted for halfe a yard, seven yards and an halfe high, to the cutting off of all the sonnes and daughters of Adam, and of all the birds and beasts that could not live in the water, save those few that were in the Arke with Noah, who besides his preaching by the signe, of building the Arke did warne them but all in vaine of the following floud.
- 1Their punishment.
- 2The Deluge.