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…

Now I pray you look that you be religious as Abraham, profess religion, come to Gods house, call on Gods name. Learn that public prayer is an holy ordinance of God, frequent that, and do not slight and despise it as many of you do, offer up spiritual sacrifices to God. Pay your tithes duly of all, which I know none of you all that doth make conscience of, you think that too dear a price to buy the worship of God with, but why should you not show your selves ⟨p. 99⟩subject to Christs Priesthood as well as Abraham's? If you could make it manifest to be a Levitical ceremony, you might think your selves dispensed with it by Christs coming; But you cannot show any good reason why it should be so, and here is a good reason it was not so, for it was due to a Priest of another order then that of Aaron, wherefore show your selves truly religious, by a conscionable setting a part to God the tithe of all you have, as Abraham did. For when here it is said he tithed all, and in the Hebrew the spoils, it is no reason to shorten the wider place by the narrower, but to reconcile both together thus, he paid tithe of all, and also of the spoils, as well as other things. I am in hope to prevail with you for all other things, but in this I have no hope to prevail, because profit pleads against me, and because the thing is controverted and denied by divers. Now when a costly service is questioned, O how hard is it to persuade men to see that truth and follow it. Well I show you mine opinion, and leave it to God to persuade you, but in other things which are not controverted, I pray you to obey as Abraham did, and to show your religion as he did. And so we have showed you Abraham's faith, obedience, fear and devotion. O that we could show the same virtues in our lives.

Now I pray you looke that you be religious as Abraham, professe religion, come to Gods house, call on Gods name. Learne that publique prayer is an holy ordinance of God, frequent that, and doe not slight and despise it as many of you do, offer up spirituall sacrifices to God. Pay your tithes duely of all, which I know none of you all that doth make conscience of, you thinke that too deare a price to buy the worship of God with, but why should you not shew your selves ⟨p. 99⟩subject to Christs Priesthood as well as Abrahams? If you could make it manifest to be a Leviticall ceremony, you might thinke your selves dispensed with it by Christs comming; But you cannot shew any good reason why it should be so, and here is a good reason it was not so, for it was due to a Priest of another order then that of Aaron, wherefore shew your selves truely religious, by a conscionable setting a part to God the tithe of all you have, as Abraham did. For when here it is said he tithed all, and in the Hebrew the spoiles, it is no reason to shorten the wider place by the narrower, but to reconcile both together thus, he paid tithe of all, and also of the spoiles, as well as other things. I am in hope to prevaile with you for all other things, but in this I have no hope to prevaile, because profit pleades against me, and because the thing is controverted and denied by divers. Now when a costly service is questioned, O how hard is it to perswade men to see that truth and follow it. Well I shew you mine opinion, and leave it to God to perswade you, but in other things which are not controverted, I pray you to obey as Abraham did, and to shew your religion as he did. And so we have shewed you Abrahams faith, obedience, feare and devotion. O that we could shew the same vertues in our lives.