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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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Therefore if you have been whisperers, see the fault and be sorry. It is a Ham like trespass; And now charm your tongues I pray you, as from all evil language, so specially from telling other mens secret sins abroad, and making that open which might have been well kept close: Whosoever hath made his Brothers faults, especially a Parents or the like, open to any man, if he himself might have kept them from that one without sin, hath committed a sin in so doing. Further then we are moved by the necessity of our duty to reveal other mens offences, we are bound in duty to conceal them, farther then it would have been a sin not to have spoken of them, it cannot but be a sin to talk of them. You must not think, that it is at your liberty to declare your neighbours secret faults, when you will your selves, you would not have others deal so with you. As we may not lawfully hurt our neighbours body till some necessity of duty bind us, so neither his name, for the ninth Commandment, at least the fifth requireth to be as chary of that, as the sixth doth to be chary of his body. Cease, cease to be whisperers, above all take heed you be not worse then Chams, for he spake nothing but what he saw with his own eyes, O do not you dare to speak what you never saw, but either conjecture alone of your own head, or have only heard of others.
Therefore if you have beene whisperers, see the fault and be sorry. It is a Cham like trespasse; And now charme your tongues I pray you, as from all evill language, so specially from telling other mens secret sinnes abroad, and making that open which might have beene well kept close: Whosoever hath made his Brothers faults, especially a Parents or the like, open to any man, if he himselfe might have kept them from that one without sinne, hath committed a sinne in so doing. Further then wee are moved by the necessity of our duty to reveale other mens offences, we are bound in duty to conceale them, farther then it would have beene a sinne not to have spoken of them, it cannot but be a sinne to talke of them. You must not thinke, that it is at your liberty to declare your neighbours secret faults, when you will your selves, you would not have others deale so with you. As wee may not lawfully hurt our neighbours body till some necessity of duty bind us, so neither his name, for the ninth Commandement, at least the fift requireth to be as chary of that, as the sixt doth to be chary of his body. Cease, cease to be whisperers, above all take heed you bee not worse then Chams, for hee spake nothing but what he saw with his owne eyes, O do not you dare to speake what you never saw, but either conjecture alone of your owne head, or have onely heard of others.