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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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Let us begin with his virtues and good deeds, and observe him as an excellent pattern of all virtues and goodness, that we may profit the better by considering his life more particularly. Let us see what virtues and good deeds he practised towards God first, and then towards man.
Let us begin with his vertues and good deeds, and observe him as an excellent patterne of all vertues and goodnesse, that we may profit the better by considering his life more particularly. Let us see what vertues and good deeds he practised towards God first, and then towards man.
1First for God, he is commended for faith, Abraham saith the Author of the Hebrews, by faith called of God, &c. and Abraham by faith offered up, so that faith he had, and was called the friend of God, 2as the Apostle S. James witnesseth, now without faith no man can possibly please God or be his friend. So had Abel as we showed you before, so had Noah, so had Enoch, so had all the godly at all times. This grace is the cardinal grace, the radical grace, that upon which all other graces grow as on their root, and on which they move as the door upon its hinges. Therefore you that would be called the children of Abram, heirs of the blessing of Abram, come and compare your selves with him, and see whether you be faithful as he was,3 to that end know, that faith is the grace by which we believe things invisible and supernatural concerning another life hereafter. So the Apostle distinguisheth walking by faith from walking by sense or sight,4 and Faith is said to be the Evidence of things not seen and ground of things hoped for. Reason and natural discourse will inform of things sensible and natural concerning the present life, but the things that are above sense and reason concerning a future life hoped for hereafter nothing doth inform us but faith, and faith is that grace by which the soul believeth such things.