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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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Further, the men of this time were extremely worldly as our Lord Jesus noteth, they sold over themselves to the world, and cared not for Noah's preaching, nor for any thing that might concern their souls, but sold over themselves to earthly dealing as you read in Luke 17.26, 27. O be not many of you such, are not your hearts fully possessed with all earthliness. Do not you set your selves altogether to the things of this life with the mere neglect of that which concerns a better. Surely those that do so are in heart Atheists, they do not thoroughly believe that immortality of the soul, nor the being of another world. For were every mans heart ⟨p. 59⟩fully persuaded that his soul should continue for ever in another world either in eternal weal or woe, it were not possible for him not to consider of the estate to come as well as of the state present, if we did as well know and believe that there is an Hell and Heaven, as that there is an earth and in it misery and welfare, we could not but be as studious to get the future happiness and escape the future misery as the present. I pray you therefore strive against that sin of the old World, viz. giving up your selves excessively to the world, and put your selves in mind of a world that is to come, and mind the things that are above and set your affections on them. If you so perform works of Gods Worship, as that they wean you not from the world, you do them but hypocritically, you have alone the form and not the power of godliness. Though a man use not violence, yet if he be excessively worldly the Word of God is choked in him, and will not bring forth the fruit of eternal life unto him.
Further, the men of this time were extreamely worldly as our Lord Jesus noteth, they sold over themselves to the world, and cared not for Noahs preaching, nor for any thing that might concerne their soules, but sold over themselves to earthly dealing as you reade in Luke 17.26, 27. O be not many of you such, are not your hearts fully possessed with all earthlinesse. Doe not you set your selves altogether to the things of this life with the meere neglect of that which concernes a better. Surely those that doe so are in heart Atheists, they doe not thoroughly beleeve that immortality of the soule, nor the being of another world. For were every mans heart