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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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First then their sin is a vain-glorious erecting of a strong City and an exceeding high tower, joined with a confident persuasion that they should save themselves from any mischief and calamity, by means of their City. The occasion that did further them to this work is, that they were all of one language, and so would easily agree upon a bad thing, and that they met with a fit place, and had fit matter brick and slime, and that they were so fully bent upon it to finish this their tower, that no means was left to stop them, but Gods coming down upon them with some heavy chastisement, I conceive that they had finished, or near finished their City, and were now setting apace and eagerly about the tower, afore the Lord did cross them by that punishment. For seeing Babel was the beginning of Nimrods Kingdom, and that he could not have finished it after the division of tongues, if he had not done it wholly, or for the most part before, it will follow in likelihood, that they were permitted to settle therealong while, and to finish their City. But when they grew so mad that with a City they would have a Tower, as it were to outface God and save them from dispersion in despite of him, then it was high time for the Lord himself to oppose them.1 Here there are 3. sins, 1. Vain-glory, 2. Carnal confidence, 3. Wilfulness and obstinacy. Vain-glory, for they sought a name by an exceeding strong City and high Tower. 2. Carnal confidence, for they imagined to make themselves safe from dispersion and misery, by means of that City and Tower. 3. Obstinacy, because that God himself witnesseth they were so fully bent upon their projects, that except by violence, there was no way to stop them in their attempts. Here be 3. sins in the Babel builders Tower.
First then their sin is a vaine-glorious erecting of a strong City and an exceeding high tower, joyned with a confident perswasion that they should save themselves from any mischiefe and calamity, by meanes of their City. The occasion that did further them to this worke is, that they were all of one language, and so would easily agree upon a bad thing, and that they met with a fit place, and had fit matter bricke and slime, and that they were so fully bent upon it to finish this their tower, that no meanes was left to stop them, but Gods comming downe upon them with some heavy chastisement, I conceive that they had finished, or neere finished their City, and were now setting apace and eagerly about the tower, afore the Lord did crosse them by that punishment. For seeing Babel was the beginning of Nimrods Kingdome, and that he could not have finished it after the division of tongues, if he had not done it wholly, or for the most part before, it will follow in likelihood, that they were permitted to settle therealong while, and to finish their City. But when they grew so mad that with a City they would have a Tower, as it were to outface God and save them from dispersion in despight of him, then it was high time for the Lord himselfe to oppose them.