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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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Abraham provided for all his other children by gifts, and gave all he had to Isaac, as we have it, Gen. 25.5, 6. So must a good Father provide for his children convenient portions, that they may be able to live comfortably, and provide them fit callings, as Abraham did, but make most account of the most godly, and let him be heir whom God hath made heir, even the eldest, unless his wickedness dis-inherit him, and I suppose that it must be some great wickedness for which a man should dispossess the eldest of the greater part of his estate, yet still the eldest must have such a larger portion as that the younger may have a convenient part for them too.
Abraham provided for all his other children by gifts, and gave all he had to Isaac, as wee have it, Gen. 25.5, 6. So must a good Father provide for his children convenient portions, that they may be able to live comfortably, and provide them fit callings, as Abraham did, but make most account of the most godly, and let him be heire whom God hath made heire, even the eldest, unlesse his wickednesse dis-inherit him, and I suppose that it must be some great wickednesse for which a man should dispossesse the eldest of the greater part of his estate, yet still the eldest must have such a larger portion as that the younger may have a convenient part for them too.
Learn to be ashamed, you that are spendalls, and keep nothing for your children, have nothing to give them: and learn you all to be moderately careful for them, and discreetly and indifferently liberal to them. Let not one have all, the other nothing, let not any of them be thrust off with nothing for the others sake, but be a Parent to all, O be husbandly and thrifty to get and save, and be seasonably liberal to them, yet so, that still your selves be in such case as not to make your selves underlings to them.
Learne to be ashamed, you that are spendalls, and keepe nothing for your children, have nothing to give them: and learne you all to be moderately carefull for them, and discreetely and indifferently liberall to them. Let not one have all, the other nothing, let not any of them be thrust off with nothing for the others sake, but be a Parent to all, O be husbandly and thrifty to get and save, and be seasonably liberall to them, yet so, that still your selves be in such case as not to make your selves underlings to them.