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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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1A third heavy Commandment he received from God, Gen. 17. 10. and 26. God made him to circumcise himself and all the males of his family, and all that should after be borne when they were eight days old, and he made no question of it: To circumcise was to cut off the top of the uppermost skin of the secret part; This seemed the foolishest thing in the world, a matter of great reproach which would make him, as it made his posterity after, to seem ridiculous to all the world. It carried an appearance of much undecencie and shamefulness, to cause all his servants to discover themselves unto him. Much more might have been alleged against this ordinance, what good could it do? what was any man the better because he had wounded himself and put his body to that torment? yet for all this, Abraham ⟨p. 97⟩disputed not, objected not, made no contrary allegations, but presently the self same day took himself and his son Ishmael and all his servants in his house, and circumcised them according to the commandment of Almighty God.
1A third heavie Commandement he received from God, Gen. 17. 10. and 26. God made him to circumcise himselfe and all the males of his family, and all that should after be borne when they were eight daies old, and he made no question of it: To circumcise was to cut off the top of the uppermost skinne of the secret part; This seemed the foolishest thing in the world, a matter of great reproach which would make him, as it made his posterity after, to seeme ridiculous to all the world. It carried an appearance of much undecencie and shamefullnesse, to cause all his servants to discover themselves unto him. Much more might have beene alledged against this ordinance, what good could it doe? what was any man the better because he had wounded himselfe and put his body to that torment? yet for all this, Abraham ⟨p. 97⟩disputed not, objected not, made no contrary allegations, but presently the selfe same day tooke himselfe and his sonne Ishmael and all his servants in his house, and circumcised them according to the commandement of Almighty God.