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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 I come to Abraham's last sin, which was his taking of Hagar, 1a fault in it self, for God made one Man and one Woman, to show, that he would have marriage an individual society of life betwixt one Man and one Woman. But that point was not known it seems in those times, and therefore both Sarah persuaded her husband, and he condescended to take Hagar. A good man may live in a few sins of ignorance, and never particularly repent of them. Take we heed therefore of condemning those, who conceiving such and such things not to be sinful, take boldness to live in them. If want of will to see the light, make a man to resist the light, offering it self to his conscience, because that he will not know, fearful is such a mans estate, and I cannot see that this may stand with sanctification. But if want of light or strength of impediments hinder from knowing, we should not condemn a man that in other things is upright for such faults, only we must labour with God to reveal to us our secret faults, that so much as maybe, we may free our selves from those sins of ignorance, and take heed of taking things on trust upon the opinion and example even of most worthy men.
Now I come to Abrahams last sinne, which was his taking of Hagar, 1a fault in it selfe, for God made one Man and one Woeman, to shew, that he would have marriage an individuall society of life betwixt one Man and one Woeman. But that point was not knowne it seemes in those times, and therefore both Sarah perswaded her husband, and he condescended to take Hagar. A good man may live in a few sinnes of ignorance, and never particularly repent of them. Take we heed therefore of condemning those, who conceiving such and such things not to be sinnefull, take boldnesse to live in them. If want of will to see the light, make a man to resist the light, offering it selfe to his conscience, because that he will not know, fearefull is such a mans estate, and I cannot see that this may stand with sanctification. But if want of light or strength of impediments hinder from knowing, wee should not condemne a man that in other things is upright for such faults, onely we must labour with God to reveale to us our secret faults, that so much as maybe, we may free our selves from those sinnes of ignorance, and take heed of taking things on trust upon the opinion and example even of most worthy men.