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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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But secondly, Abraham feared God.1 True faith will bring forth the fear of God, not the passion of fear, nor slavish fear, nor fear of flight, but the fear of caution and wariness, a not daring to offend God, as the Lord himself witnessed of him, saying, Now I know that thou fearest me when thou hast not spared thine only son. 2Lo, the fear of God is such a disposition of heart to God-ward, out of the apprehension of his excellency and greatness and justice, that will cause a man not to be bold to dare to omit any work that Gods Commandment enjoineth him unto, and so not to commit any ⟨p. 96⟩thing that God condemneth. I pray you consider, have have you this virtuous fear of God? Do your hearts stand in awe of him? so that you fly from the offending and displeasing of him, as from the greatest of all evils; those that have Gods fear before their eyes, they are godly like Abraham, those that have it not, they are wicked, as Abram thought the men of Gerar and Egypt to be; O labour for it, if you have it not yet, get it, if you have it, labour to increase and nourish it by considering his great excellency and great terribleness.
But secondly, Abraham feared God.1 True faith will bring forth the feare of God, not the passion of feare, nor slavish feare, nor feare of flight, but the feare of caution and warinesse, a not daring to offend God, as the Lord himselfe witnessed of him, saying, Now I know that thou fearest mee when thou hast not spared thine onely sonne. 2Loe, the feare of God is such a disposition of heart to God-ward, out of the apprehension of his excellency and greatnesse and justice, that will cause a man not to be bold to dare to omit any worke that Gods Commandement injoyneth him unto, and so not to commit any ⟨p. 96⟩thing that God condemneth. I pray you consider, have have you this vertuous feare of God? Doe your hearts stand in awe of him? so that you flie from the offending and displeasing of him, as from the greatest of all evils; those that have Gods feare before their eyes, they are godly like Abraham, those that have it not, they are wicked, as Abram thought the men of Gerar and Egypt to be; O labour for it, if you have it not yet, get it, if you have it, labour to increase and nourish it by considering his great excellencie and great terriblenesse.