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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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1Lastly he lived to see his offspring after the flood grow very naught and suffer fearful punishments. He saw the building of the tower of Babel, the dispersion of men from Babel, the halving and quartering of mens ages, the universal overspreading of idolatry, in so much that Abraham's father Nahor and Terah did not escape it.2 These crosses did Noah suffer.
1Lastly hee lived to see his ofspring after the floud grow very naught and suffer fearefull punishments. Hee saw the building of the tower of Babel, the dispersion of men from Babel, the halving and quartering of mens ages, the universall overspreading of idolatry, in so much that Abrahams father Nahor and Terah did not escape it.2 These crosses did Noah suffer.
- 14. Lived to see his offspring naught.4. Lived to see his ofspring naught.
- 2Josh. 24 2.
Buckle your selves to crosses, and be thankful if you have not felt so grievous evils and universal as those of Noah. We should make our own miseries more tolerable by comparing them with the greater miseries of better men then ourselves, that have gone before us in the like and worse. Have you lead children? so had Noah. Do you labour in vain in your places? so did Noah. Doth the world run all to wickedness? so did it in Noah's days.
Buckle your selves to crosses, and be thankfull if you have not felt so grievous evills and universall as those of Noah. Wee should make our owne miseries more tollerable by comparing them with the greater miseries of better men then ourselves, that have gone before us in the like and worse. Have you lead children? so had Noah. Doe you labour in vaine in your places? so did Noah. Doth the world run all to wickednesse? so did it in Noahs dayes.