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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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The next bad man of whose badness the Holy Ghost takes notice is Nimrod. He was the fourth from Noah, 1and thus his genealogy riseth, Noah, Ham, Cush, Nimrod. His name signifieth we will rebel, or a rebel, whether by chance or otherwise given to him;2 of him this one thing alone is noted, that he began to be mighty in the earth, Gen. 10.8. he was a mighty hunter before the Lord, insomuch that his name gave occasion to a proverbial speech, if any man would describe a violent tyrannical fellow, he would say, as Nimrod the mighty hunter. By hunter here is not meant an hunter of beasts, but an hunter of men, the word translated hunting may well be englished food or prey, and he may be called a man of prey, that is, of spoil and booty. He was the first that affected to erect a Monarchy,3 and to make himself a commander over men by force and strength of arms, so that his sin, was ambition, usurpation, tyrannising, that is, a violent enforcing men to yield to his dominion,4 whether they would or not, though he had no right or title to command over them, for he was the son of Ham, who was the youngest of Noah's sons, and withal accursed of God to be a servant of servants, and yet he would make himself a commander over others, and we have it noted, what City he began first to erect his tyranny in, viz. Babel, whence it may seem the plague spoken of afterwards did drive him, and yet he left not but went to other Cities, and made his dominion still larger and larger.
The next bad man of whose badnesse the Holy Ghost takes notice is Nimrod. Hee was the fourth from Noah, 1and thus his geneologie riseth, Noah, Cham, Cush, Nimrod. His name signifieth wee will rebell, or a rebell, whitherby chance or otherwise given to him;2 of him this one thing alone is noted, that hee began to be mighty in the earth,