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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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Learn of him to take heed of ambition and tyranny, J need not to pray you to forbear a tyrannical usurpation over Cities and nations, but take you heed of that degree of tyranny which is incident to men of your rank, even of carrying out your own will against equity and right. A tyrant is an odious name, this mighty hunting made Nimrod infamous, he did openly profess and practise it, which seemeth to be meant by calling him mighty hunter in the sight of God. He cared not for God nor man, but openly and in the sight of God and man attempted to subdue the nations and people round about him, and to make himself a great commander. Put away from you ambition, vain glory, covetousness, violence, and all those sins which are together wrapped up in this one word tyranny; so I have done with these two particular sinners.
Learne of him to take heed of ambition and tyranny, J need not to pray you to forbeare a tyrannicall usurpation over Cities and nations, but take you heed of that degree of tyranny which is incident to men of your ranke, even of carrying out your owne will against equity and right. A tyrant is an odious name, this mighty hunting made Nimrod infamous, he did openly professe and practise it, which seemeth to be meant by calling him mighty hunter in the sight of God. He cared not for God nor man, but openly and in the sight of God and man attempted to subdue the nations and people round about him, and to make himselfe a great commander. Put away from you ambition, vaine glory, covetousnesse, violence, and all those sinnes which are together wrapped up in this one word tyranny; so I have done with these two particular sinners.
I go on to set before you a troupe of sinners all at once, whereof I conceive that Nimrod was the ringleader, for it was done at Babylon his City which he built, and which he had constituted the head and Metropolitan City of his dominion. The fault you have set down, Gen. 11.2, 3, 4. viz. 1that passing through the country Eastward from the place where Noah lived, and meeting with a very fruitful plain in the land of Shinar, that is, of Chaldea,