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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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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 ⟨p. 111⟩others, and under-valuing them in comparison of your selves, accustom your selves unto and use them for conscience sake, that they may savour of piety in the estimation of God, who can see piety in such things, and so they may be more then moral virtues, even spiritual actions and fruits of Sanctification. Only, I beseech you, to take heed of causing your courtesy to be mere complement, and of being the more crafty by how much you seem more courteous, and of ushering in some naughtiness by a goodly and lowly carriage of your selves. If such virtues be corrupted, and that there be nothing in them but the mere out-side, the more loathsome to God, and at length also to man.
We ought to carrie our selves courteously to all men, Honour all men, saith S. Peter, he meanes it, of this kinde of respective behaviour of body. This is a meanes to shew love, and to beget love, and to increase love, and to keep out jarres and discontents, as a sower and hautie and sullen dogged carriage doth proclaime contempt or hatred or both, and so causeth jarres and fallings out, and dislikes, and increaseth them if they have beene begun. Those therefore that be of a haughty carriage, or rude and boysterous behaviour, not knowing how to give due salutations or complements of courtesie are to be blamed, as men that doe 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 kinde of artificiall demonstration of them, yet they would some way infuse themselves into the carriage, and make it gentle and amiable. Therefore let your carriage be faire, and kinde, and sweete, bow, bend, salute, use cap, knees, all such things as either nature or custome maketh to be as it were badges and professions of humble love and serviceablenesse, of a not too much preferring your selves above