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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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Thus you see, how worth the while it is to serve, fear, and obey God, what abundant blessings he grants, what honour and same even after death; though all Gods people have not all these outward things in like manner bestowed upon them, yet they have that which is sufficient for them, and those that find their friends and children happy in outward respects, must observe Gods hand to be thankful.
Thus you see, how worth the while it is to serve, feare, and obey God, what abundant blessings he grants, what honour and same even after death; though all Gods people have not all these outward things in like manner bestowed upon them, yet they have that which is sufficient for them, and those that finde their friends and children happy in outward respects, must observe Gods hand to be thankfull.
Yea we must all take notice of Gods like dealing with many of his people, whose posterity flourish when they be dead, some in goodness as well as goods, and some at least in earthly respects, and leave a good name behind them, so that many years after their ⟨p. 126⟩decease, their names are honourably mentioned, and all men count them good and faithful servants of God. The name of the righteous is had in everlasting remembrance, 1whilst they live, and when they die God shows himself gracious and bountiful to them, even in temporal blessings oftentimes as well as spiritual. But if any want these outward benefits, they must consider of themselves whether their sins do not deprive them thereof. For sometimes such mercies are denied to Gods people to chastise, and keep down, and root up some vices in them. David was crossed in his children, to correct his fondness, and to chastise his adultery and murder: Solomons posterity was brought low, to chastise his Idolatry; If in outward things the Lord seem careless of his people, they might easily find by searching, that some evil carriage of theirs hath caused him to chastise them in this life, that by being brought to repentance, they might not be destroyed and perish in another world, and so much for these temporal benefits.