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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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Now to the persons generally, he shows courtesy, that is, a carriage savouring of lowliness and good esteem, together with love and good will unto the Hittites when he came unto them about the matter of a field of burial for Sarah, 1Gen. 23.7. He stood up and bowed himself, the word is the same that is in other places translated worshipped, meaning he bowed his body with his face downward in testimony of honour and respect, and afterwards, verse 12. He bowed down himself before the people of the Land. You see lowly and respective carriage in this worthy servant of God.
Now to the persons generally, he shewes curtesie, that is, a carriage savouring of lowlinesse and good esteeme, together with love and good will unto the Hittites when he came unto them about the matter of a field of buriall for Sarah, 1Gen. 23.7. Hee stood up and bowed himselfe, the word is the same that is in other places translated worshipped, meaning he bowed his body with his face downeward in testimony of honour and respect, and afterwards, verse 12. Hee bowed downe himselfe before the people of the Land. You see lowly and respective carriage in this worthy servant of God.
- 1He showed lowly and respective carriage toward the Hittites.Hee shewed lowly and respective carriage toward the Hittites.
We ought to carry our selves courteously to all men, Honour all men, saith S. Peter, he means it, of this kind of respective behaviour of body. This is a means to show love, and to beget love, and to increase love, and to keep out jars and discontents, as a sower and haughty and sullen dogged carriage doth proclaim contempt or hatred or both, and so causeth jars and fallings out, and dislikes, and increaseth them if they have been begun. Those therefore that be of a haughty carriage, or rude and boisterous behaviour, not knowing how to give due salutations or complements of courtesy are to be blamed, as men that do not alone want education but charity and humility, for if those graces did rule in the heart, though they could not prompt a man to a kind of artificial demonstration of them, yet they would some way infuse themselves into the carriage, and make it gentle and amiable. Therefore let your carriage be fair, and kind, and sweet, bow, bend, salute, use cap, knees, all such things as either nature or custom maketh to be as it were badges and professions of humble love and serviceableness, of a not too much preferring your selves above