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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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This is one sin of Ham, cursed Ham the Father of Canaan, come and examine yourselves, if none of you have acted Hams part against your Parents, against the Magistrate, against the Minister, against any Christian or neighbour: Have you not beheld the faults of any such with content and gladness in it? have you not been willing to stand thinking of that fault? and to make your hearts thereby bold to despise and sleight them, to laugh at them and to censure them. If this have been to a person near and eminent, the fault receives great aggravation by that circumstance, but if it have been done to any Christian man though not of such worth or nearness, or to any man at all, it was a wickedness to be abhorred, showing a most uncharitable disposition;1 for charity rejoiceth not in iniquity, that is, is not glad to see another commit sin, and withal an heart that is willing to hide its own sins and make them seem little or nothing, and make it self bold to commit them still by beholding other like sins in other men chiefly such as are bound in duty to be, and in reason should be expected to be better then ones self: he always sees the faults of others to some mischievous intention and with some evil affection that looks upon them with an open and earnest eye, as taking ⟨p. 84⟩king some content in this, that such and such also be bad as well as himself.
This is one sinne of Ham, cursed Ham the Father of Canaan, come and examine yourselves, if none of you have acted Hams part against your Parents, against the Magistrate, against the Minister, against any Christian or neighbour: Have you not beheld the faults of any such with content and gladnesse in it? have you not beene willing to stand thinking of that fault? and to make your hearts thereby bold to despise and sleight them, to laugh at them and to censure them. If this have beene to a person neere and eminent, the fault receives great aggravation by that circumstance, but if it have beene done to any Christian man though not of such worth or neerenesse, or to any man at all, it was a wickednesse to be abhorred, shewing a most uncharitable disposition;1 for charity rejoyceth not in iniquity, that is, is not glad to see another commit sinne, and withall an heart that is willing to hide its owne sinnes and make them seeme little or nothing, and make it selfe bold to commit them still by beholding other like sinnes in other men chiefely such as are bound in duty to be, and in reason should be expected to be better then ones selfe: hee alwaies sees the faults of others to some mischievous intention and with some evill affection that lookes upon them with an open and earnest eye, as taking