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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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Again, as Abraham's faith was weak and yielded a little to doubtings,1 so was he possessed somewhat strongly for the time with a kind of carnal fear of death, Gen. 12.12. and afterwards, Gen. •0.13. He said, they will slay me for my wives sake. So you must note another weakness in Gods people, flowing from the former imperfection of faith. They are apt to be over-fearful of dangers, and by name of death, even to be so much terrified with the apprehension of danger, especially of loosing their lives, that they cannot must upon God and rest upon him for safety, as they should do. This fear was found in David, it was found also in Peter, and in divers others of Gods people. The ground of it is, as I said, partly the weakness of their faith, and partly the terribleness of death, which is the terriblest of all terrible things, as being a separation of the soul from the body, and a stripping a man at once of all those things that are most dear unto him, and conveying him out of this world into another; concerning his happiness herein he is not always so full of assurance as he should be. For when these fears do suddenly seize upon a man, upon occasion of some sensible object that threatens him, they pull out of the mind for the time the thought of Gods promises, and hold the soul alone in the apprehension of the greatness and inevitableness of the danger which looketh him in the face.
Againe, as Abrahams faith was weake and yeelded a little to doubtings,1 so was he possessed somewhat strongly for the time with a kinde of carnall feare of death, Gen. 12.12. and afterwards, Gen. •0.13. He said, they will slay mee for my wives sake. So you must note another weakenesse in Gods people, flowing from the former imperfection of faith. They are apt to be over-fearefull of dangers, and by name of death, even to be so much terrified with the apprehension of danger, especially of loosing their lives, that they cannot must upon God and rest upon him for safety, as they should doe. This feare was found in David, it was found also in Peter, and in divers others of Gods people. The ground of it is, as I said, partly the weakenesse of their faith, and partly the terriblenesse of death, which is the terriblest of all terrible things, as being a separation of the soule from the body, and a stripping a man at once of all those things that are most deare unto him, and conveighing him out of this world into another; concerning his happinesse herein he is not alwaies so full of assurance as he should be. For when these feares doe suddainely seize upon a man, upon occasion of some sensible object that threatens him, they pull out of the minde for the time the thought of Gods promises, and hold the soule alone in the apprehension of the greatnesse and inevitablenesse of the danger which looketh him in the face.