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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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Now consider the punishments, God comes down to see, that is,1 takes notice of their sin and wilfulness in it, and therefore consults ⟨p. 90⟩with himself, the Father with the Son and Holy Ghost to go down (by the powerful work of his hand) and to confound their languages, and by that means to stop their work and scatter them thence, from which effect the world did call that City Babel or confusion, so instead of great honour and a great name, they gate shame and confusion, and were thence dispersed, from whence they expected safety from dispersion. Thus God catcheth the wicked in their own devices, brings mischief on them from that wherein they trusted for safety, and shame from that from which they expected glory. Yea see here, that God hath strange and unwonted punishments to lay upon sinners, for who would have ever had a dream of such a thing as this, viz. to have them made unable to speak their mother languages, and all of a sudden to speak gibberish one to another. So powerful is God over man that he can take from him, his tongue, his wit, his soul, all things in a moment.
Now consider the punishments, God comes downe to see, that is,1 takes notice of their sinne and wilfullnesse in it, and therefore consults ⟨p. 90⟩with himselfe, the Father with the Sonne and Holy Ghost to goe downe (by the powerfull worke of his hand) and to confound their languages, and by that meanes to stop their worke and scatter them thence, from which effect the world did call that Citie Babel or confusion, so instead of great honour and a great name, they gate shame and confusion, and were thence dispersed, from whence they expected safety from dispersion. Thus God catcheth the wicked in their owne devices, brings mischiefe on them from that wherein they trusted for safety, and shame from that from which they expected glory. Yea see here, that God hath strange and unwonted punishments to lay upon sinners, for who would have ever had a dreame of such a thing as this, viz. to have them made unable to speake their mother languages, and all of a sodaine to speake gibrish one to another. So powerfull is God over man that he can take from him, his tongue, his wit, his soule, all things in a moment.