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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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The next is to teach us to take heed of such wickedness, that great sins may not grow common, but that there may be some to oppose the rest, some to mourn for the rest, and to take care of keeping themselves unspotted in the world, that so great and public punishments may be kept back. Let us every way strive to cause that sins grow not huge and universal, that they come not to an high degree and to commonness, so that all join in them; for then likely some great and heavy calamity must ensue. With us sins do grow very great, great faults are committed by many, but yet we are to praise God that all flesh hath not corrupted their ways, there be some though but few in comparison of the multitude, yet I say some, that set themselves against the great and common iniquities, which may give us some hope, that the Lords chastisements shall follow us only for reformation, not for utter extirpation of the Nation. Let us all use our best diligence to hinder the greatness and commonness of sin, that we may prevent destroying and all-devouring blows.
The next is to teach us to take heed of such wickednesse, that great sinnes may not grow common, but that there may be some to oppose the rest, some to mourne for the rest, and to take care of keeping themselves unspotted in the world, that so great and publike punishments may be kept back. Let us every way strive to cause that sinnes grow not huge and universall, that they come not to an high degree and to commonnesse, so that all joyne in them; for then likely some great and heavy calamity must insue. With us sinnes do grow very great, great faults are committed by many, but yet we are to praise God that all flesh hath not corrupted their waies, there be some though but few in comparison of the multitude, yet I say some, that set themselves against the great and common iniquities, which may give us some hope, that the Lords chastisements shall follow us onely for reformation, not for utter extirpation of the Nation. Let us all use our best diligence to hinder the greatnesse and commonnesse of sinne, that wee may prevent destroying and all-devouring blowes.
A third use from their sins is that we be careful to avoid these particular sins, or to repent of them and to reform them, if we have committed them.