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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 further, now that you see in the Ark among the eight persons one Hypocrite, who did afterwards evidently discover his hypocrisy, learn to know that there will be such in the Church to the worlds end, as were also in the family of Abraham, Isaac, ⟨p. 82⟩Jacob, David, Hezekiah and other good men, even tares among the wheat, and goats among the sheep, and unfruitful branches in the vine, that you may learn as to fear your selves, so especially to satisfy your own hearts, and not to be offended by the like accidents in your own times. If a man that hath long lived in an orderly course of life and gotten himself the name of a good man, and enjoyed many benefits in the Church, shall afterwards fall quite away from goodness, and manifest himself to have been no better then a Ham, let not this trouble you nor dismay you, neither take you occasion from their wickedness to condemn either goodness it self or good men, as to say that they be all dissemblers, there is never a better in the pack, but improve their fall to the making of your selves more watchful over your selves and prayer-full for your selves: and still love and honour Gods Church, though some that profess themselves to be lively members of it, do manifest their guile by their utter falling away at the last.
And further, now that you see in the Arke among the eight persons one Hypocrite, who did afterwards evidently discover his hypocrisie, learne to know that there will be such in the Church to the worlds end, as were also in the family of Abraham, Isaac, ⟨p. 82⟩Iacob, David, Hezekiah and other good men, even tares among the wheate, and goates among the sheepe, and unfruitfull branches in the vine, that you may learne as to feare your selves, so especially to satisfie your owne hearts, and not to be offended by the like accidents in your owne times. If a man that hath long lived in an orderly course of life and gotten himselfe the name of a good man, and enjoyed many benefits in the Church, shall afterwards fall quite away from goodnesse, and manifest himselfe to have beene no better then a Cham, let not this trouble you nor dismay you, neither take you occasion from their wickednesse to condemne either goodnesse it selfe or good men, as to say that they be all dissemblers, there is never a better in the pack, but improve their fall to the making of your selves more watchfull over your selves and prayer-full for your selves: and still love and honour Gods Church, though some that professe themselves to be lively members of it, doe manifest their guile by their utter falling away at the last.