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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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1It was an heavy chastisement making way to much ignorance and barbarism, and to much war and bloodshed, and to a great estrangement among mankind, and to great toil and labour for the getting of all learning, and causing much error and mistaking in all Arts and Sciences chiefly in Religion, so that next to our casting out of Paradise and to the flood it deserveth the name of the heaviest punishment that the world hath felt, yea in respect of the succession of men it was worse then the flood, that only drowned the men who lived in the present time, this hath drowned in ignorance and error all succeeding times. Let us fear the Lord our God who only doth wonderful things, and can tell how to plague his enemies with heavy scourges. We have now finished the Examples of these bad men.
1It was an heavie chastisement making way to much ignorance and barbarisme, and to much warre and bloudshed, and to a great estrangement among mankinde, and to great toile and labour for the getting of all learning, and causing much errour and mistaking in all Arts and Sciences chiefely in Religion, so that next to our casting out of Paradise and to the floud it deserveth the name of the heaviest punishment that the world hath felt, yea in respect of the succession of men it was worse then the floud, that onely drowned the men who lived in the present time, this hath drowned in ignorance and errour all succeeding times. Let us feare the Lord our God who onely doth wonderfull things, and can tell how to plague his enemies with heavie scourges. We have now finished the Examples of these bad men.
- 1The punishment of strange languages is a heavy punishment.The punishment of strange languages is a heavie punishment.
1Look to the good, Shem and Japheth, and Shem's posterity to Abram. Of Shem note his good deed, his reward and his death; for his good deed, it was common with him and Japheth, they went backward, and so covered their Fathers nakedness, that they might not see it, partly out of modesty, and partly out of filial reverence and respect which they bare unto him. Thus, thus should all good children do, even refuse to see their Parents nakedness or any thing that might withdraw a due regard and fear of them, any sins or weaknesses of theirs notwithstanding, yea all men should be so truly loving one towards another, as to use the mantle and veil of love to cover a multitude of sins, so as to go backward as it were and not see them. We should what in us lies and so far as duty will suffer, conceal the faults of all men, further then the necessity of healing them and of preventing the mischief that may else follow of them will permit us. Every man would be so dealt withal himself. Who doth not praise the virtuous carriage of these two Brethren. Imitate it, I beseech you chiefly towards Parents, Magistrates, Ministers, keep secret if you can their secret faults, and hide their shame from breaking forth. Nothing is more fit to be