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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1First, that he drank of the wine which he had planted so over-liberally, as that he was drunken, in his drunkenness discovered his nakedness, being besides himself with excess of wine, he had not care to keep those parts covered which nature would have to be concealed. So his Son Ham finding him lying in this immodest fashion, was scandalized and drawn into a great offence.
1First, that hee dranke of the wine which he had planted so over-liberally, as that hee was drunken, in his drunkennesse discovered his nakednesse, being besides himselfe with excesse of wine, he had not care to keepe those parts covered which nature would have to be concealed. So his Sonne Cham finding him lying in this immodest fashion, was scandolized and drawne into a great offence.
- 11. He was drunk.1. Hee was drunke.
Here we learn to take heed of drunkenness, and of all immodest ⟨p. 75⟩carriage, which being bad in case of drunkenness, must needs be worse when a man is sober and hath ability to consider better what he doth, and to refrain from such unseemly deeds. Brethren, if any of you have been drunken, if any have in his drink or otherwise perpetrated immodest and lewd acts, I beseech you learn of Noah to repent of it, and be assured that upon your repentance you shall find pardon. And I pray make not your souls bolder to persist in drunkenness, by abusing Noah's example, for he offended but once this way, and through weakness it may seem, in that being desirous to refresh himself after so long pensiveness in the flood, he was freer then was fit. Let not his once offending out of weakness make you bold to do the same sin 100 and 100 times, yea be you more careful to avoid that trespass which sped so ill with Noah. Drunkenness will make every man discover his nakedness, if not of body yet of mind. There is no crime so notorious, but the drunken man will cast himself into it, if occasion offer it self, as we may see also in Lot. Wherefore know ye that a good man may be overtaken through infirmity with some such gross sin, but he will not wallow in this mire, he will not allow himself in the practise of it, and give over himself to be drunk day by day, week by week. And as for these gross external acts of evil, you are to be so much more careful to avoid them, by how much God hath given you more power to forbear them, for a man hath power if he will to forbear drinking, and therefore if he do not leave this fault, it is because he will not, and the custom of sinning doth make the will so enthralled to evil that a man will needs do it, not needs must do it, whither he will or no, which is so far from excusing the fault, that it aggravates it exceedingly.