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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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Another sin of the old World is,1 they abused Gods long-suffering and Noah's preaching, and gat no manner of knowledge of the long threatened flood, nor no care of amending their lives. This is a fearful thing to get nothing by Gods patience or by the labours of the Ministers whom he sends to teach and warn us. This shows that the Devil ha•h blinded their eyes, that sin hath hardened the heart, and that a man hath given over himself to the servitude of some lust: this is a great wrong to Gods goodness and authority both, and it brings severe punishments, for in aggravating the sins of men it must needs aggravate the punishment also. O brethren consider of your selves if you be not guilty of this sin. How long hath God been striving to pull you out of your sins. How much patience hath he showed; how much teaching have you heard, and yet alas the old World got as much by Gods kindness to them as you do and you no more then they. Many of you know nothing of your miserable estate. As little be you acquainted with the truths you are taught every day, as they were with the flood that came upon them, as little doth our preaching prevail to work you to amendment, as did the preaching of Noah with them. We may well comfort our selves in this, that our success is no worse then Noah's, and also lament that it is no better. Indeed you have not had so many years preaching as the *old World had, but consider it with the proportion to your lives and you have more. Then men used to live some seven, eight, or nine hundred years. Lo God gave them a Preacher a long time, and at length determined the very year of the flood, it shall be a hundred and twenty years hence, and so from year to year less as the years went up. Ye have lived and died (many of you that be dead) under the Ministry. Indeed we cannot tell you the year of your death, or bring you tidings of a flood of water to overflow you altogether, but of a river of fire and brimstone to overflow and overwhelm you one after one ⟨p. 60⟩we can tell you from God, and you fear this flood of brimstone no more then they did that flood of water. O repent of your long impenitency and miserable unbelief and wilful ignorance of Gods threats, and other things that are continually taught you out of the Word.