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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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And let those that have houses, goods, and wealth in abundance, learn to use them well, to see it is Gods gift, and to use them as stewards, to praise God for them, to make them a means of knitting their hearts more sure and fast to him in love and obedience; and to employ them bountifully, liberally, and mercifully as Abraham no doubt did, that they may lay up treasure for themselves in Heaven, and that by well-doing they make them friends of the riches of iniquity. Wealth honestly gotten, mercifully and bountifully used and moderately enjoyed, is a great mercy of God. If God make you rich, do you show your selves to be good as well as rich, or else riches do not make a man the better that hath them, neither can they make his life much more comfortable; yea it doth appear often that riches are laid up for the owners thereof for hurt.1
And let those that have houses, goods, and wealth in abundance, learne to use them well, to see it is Gods gift, and to use them as stewards, to praise God for them, to make them a meanes of knitting their hearts more sure and fast to him in love and obedience; and to imploy them bountifully, liberally, and mercifully as Abraham no doubt did, that they may lay up treasure for themselves in Heaven, and that by well-doing they make them friends of the riches of iniquity. Wealth honestly gotten, mercifully and bountifully used and moderately enjoyed, is a great mercy of God. If God make you rich, doe you shew your selves to be good as well as rich, or else riches doe not make a man the better that hath them, neither can they make his life much more comfortable; yea it doth appeare often that riches are laid up for the owners thereof for hurt.1
And these be the benefits temporal which Abraham had for himself, a good wife, good children in their kind, and one religious, good servants, good friends, good name, good favour and great wealth, to which add one particular benefit, a great and famous victory over four great and conquering Kings,