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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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I Have offered to your consideration the Examples of the Old World, I proceed to speak of the World that now is, as S. Peter calls it, 1. from the flood to Abraham, and then from Abraham to the death of Joseph, for there the Book of Moses called Genesis is concluded. Now here first I will set before you the bad examples of bad men, then the good examples of good. Of the bad we have Cam, Nimrod, particulars, and the builders of Babel in an heap as it were, and of the good we have Shem and Japheth, and the godly posterity of Shem, whose genealogy is noted to show the age of the world till Abram.
I Have offered to your consideration the Examples of the Old World, I proceede to speake of the World that now is, as S. Peter calles it, 1. from the floud to Abraham, and then from Abraham to the death of Ioseph, for there the Booke of Moses called Genesis is concluded. Now here first I will set before you the bad examples of bad men, then the good examples of good. Of the bad we have Cam, Nimrod, particulars, and the builders of Babel in an heape as it were, and of the good wee have Sem and Iaphet, and the godly posterity of Sem, whose geneologie is noted to shew the age of the world till Abram.
First J will begin with Ham and note his parentage and life,1 for of his death in particular Moses hath made no mention. For his parentage, he was the son of Noah borne to him before the flood after his 500. year. for to that age lived he before he became a Father,2 and after that in the whole time of his life he had no more children, God ⟨p. 80⟩of purpose it may seem giving him but few children, because his mind was to begin the present world with a few, as he did the first with one man, that so his blessing in the large increase of mankind afterwards might be more evidently discovered. But the youngest son was this Ham.