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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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1. Take great heed of making carnal marriages with persons sinful and wicked for beauties sake, or any such carnal respect. For if it offend God that men be lewd to take wives void of true religion and piety because of their fairness, then surely to be so far over-ruled with gain or any other earthly consideration, as for these things sake to make matches with carnal and naughty men must needs offend God. Let no man do so therefore, let piety I say piety be the match-maker, let beauty, riches, and all such things come after in the second or third place, and let no man for any respect of face, fair state, &c. marry themselves to foul conditions, foul manners, false religion, wicked conversation. Surely that which sways a man most in matrimony, sways him most in his whole ⟨p. 57⟩life, this being one of the main matters that concern him in his life. If godliness and religion be not of force to command us in this thing it cannot be conceived that we have any sound knowledge of it, and if outward things sway us most here, they have the sovereignty and dominion of our hearts. Show your selves spiritual in choice of yoke-fellows, if you will enjoy the comfort of being so in good earnest and in sincerity. And if any have done otherwise, O let them be much humbled, it is a great fault an hazarding of ones self to destruction or of his children, a sign that one doth not rightly know neither sin or goodness, if in this matter wickedness cannot disgrace all other things, and virtue over-balance all other, and therefore if God have made such a match very dismal and unhappy to any one, and that they have found these things unable to give content, and with these they have been turned aside from the right way; let them acknowledge the justice of God and turn the punishments into a means of unfeigned repentance for the sin. It is just with God to cross mens false opinions of things, and make them meet with wretchedness, where they did falsely and unwarrantably promise to themselves contentment, as they do most times in such kind of ill made marriages. If any good man have so transgressed, he is now called to repentance for it, by Gods hand crossing, and Gods Word warning him.
1. Take great heed of making carnall marriages with persons sinfull and wicked for beauties sake, or any such carnall respect. For if it offend God that men be lewd to take wives voide of true religion and piety because of their fairenesse, then surely to be so farre over-ruled with gaine or any other earthly consideration, as for these things sake to make matches with carnall and naughty men must needs offend God. Let no man doe so therefore, let piety I say piety be the match-maker, let beauty, riches, and all such things come after in the second or third place, and let no man for any respect of face, faire state, &c. marrie themselves to foule conditions, foule manners, false religion, wicked conversation. Surely that which swayes a man most in matrimony, swayes him most in his whole