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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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And again, I call upon you for great thankfulness to God, for that he hath set many Preachers of righteousness amongst you in this Kingdom, and hath vouchsafed to hold me in this office amongst you for these thirty years or thereabouts, I have Preached righteousness among you according to that measure of knowledge and utterance that God hath vouchsafed me. O let me have some better encouragement from you then Noah had from the old world, and indeed I have had, and I bless God, and I bless those among you from whom I have had it. Some of you have been careful hearers to the preaching of righteousness, and have turned your feet into the paths of righteousness. The Lord stablish you in those happy ways for ever. And one thing now I beseech of you, that you be suitors unto God to raise up to all the places that have not Preachers, and to continue to them that have such as Noah was, Preachers of righteousness, which themselves also will practise; especially, I require you not to forget your selves in this town, but make it one part of your daily supplications to God, to grant you a succession of Preachers of righteousness when my self must ⟨p. 69⟩leave you, God knows when, O Lord let there never want so long as this Town and Church standeth, a faithful Preacher of righteousness to supply this room in which I now stand amongst you this day.
And againe, I call upon you for great thankfullnesse to God, for that he hath set many Preachers of righteousnesse amongst you in this Kingdome, and hath vouchsafed to hold mee in this office amongst you for these thirty yeares or thereabouts, I have Preached righteousnesse among you according to that measure of knowledge and utterance that God hath vouchsafed mee. O let mee have some better encouragement from you then Noah had from the old world, and indeed I have had, and I blesse God, and I blesse those among you from whom I have had it. Some of you have beene carefull hearers to the preaching of righteousnesse, and have turned your feete into the paths of righteousnesse. The Lord stablish you in those happy waies for ever. And one thing now I beseech of you, that you be suitors unto God to raise up to all the places that have not Preachers, and to continue to them that have such as Noah was, Preachers of righteousnesse, which themselves also will practise; especially, I require you not to forget your selves in this towne, but make it one part of your daily supplications to God, to grant you a succession of Preachers of righteousnesse when my selfe must ⟨p. 69⟩