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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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1A third thing in Noah is noted by the Author to the Hebrews, that he was moved with fear, you see he feared Gods threats, he was afraid least he should be drowned with his family among the rest, if he did not obey God and live virtuously and build the Ark at Gods Commandment, and indeed if he had not done so he should have perished with the world: as whosoever lives wickedly shall be damned, this is a threat, he that hath true faith will not deceive himself with vain words, and say, I am elected, I am a believer, I shall be saved though I take liberty to sin, but he will fear and depart from evil, and use those means of escaping destruction which God hath appointed. So true faith will undoubtedly work such a fear of Gods threat, as will make a man depart from evil, because it brings a lively apprehension of danger and much evil before his eyes if he sin, and therefore cannot but work fear, I ⟨p. 71⟩mean a fear of caution as they call it, whereby a man is made wary to shun and escape the evil. There is a passionate fear whereby the heart is perplexed, the joints shake, and such natural bodily accidents do follow it. This fear ariseth from the bodily presence or imminent danger of some sensible evil, and Noah did not so fear the flood.2 There is another rational fear as I may well name it, by which a man apprehends an evil thing to come, so as he is made careful to shun, prevent, and dares not bring it upon himself. And this fear looks on things a great way off, long before they offer themselves to the senses, and such was Noah's fear. And such a fear faith will evermore bring with it. It will cause that a man shall not dare to do the things forbidden out of an apprehension of the greatness and extremity of the danger that will arise.
1A third thing in Noah is noted by the Author to the Hebrewes, that he was moved with feare, you see he feared Gods threats, he was afraid least he should be drowned with his family among the rest, if he did not obey God and live vertuously and build the Arke at Gods Commandement, and indeed if he had not done so he should have perished with the world: as whosoever lives wickedly shall be damned, this is a threat, he that hath true faith will not deceive himselfe with vaine words, and say, I am elected, I am a beleever, I shall be saved though I take liberty to sinne, but he will feare and depart from evill, and use those meanes of escaping destruction which God hath appointed. So true faith will undoubtedly worke such a feare of Gods threat, as will make a man depart from evill, because it brings a lively apprehension of danger and much evill before his eyes if he sinne, and therefore cannot but worke feare, I