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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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So you see his domesticall afflictions in his wife, now consider what he suffered in his children, 1. In Ishmael whom he had first, ⟨p. 134⟩he was fain to banish him,1 or excommunicate him whether you will, or both, this was an hard thing to him, he had but two sons and now he must thrust one out of his family for ought that he knew, never to see him again. He must adventure him to the wide world, and send him abroad with his mother, in all probability of reason to starve or beg he knew not whether. Would it not grieve and trouble any of you? to send a pretty youth about a dozen or ten years old out of his house, without any thing but a bag and a bottle, not knowing what he would do, or whether he must go: yet God tried Abraham thus, he must learn to trust Gods word without means and above hope. The promise was, that God would make him a great man, and now God began to perform promise, by seeming to make him a beggar; If God seem to threaten us with beggary in our posterity, we must consider, that such a cross seemed to be rushing upon Abraham, but God found means to make that son great, to whom he was not suffered to give any thing, that it might be made evident, that it is easy with God to enrich a man cast out and destitute of all friends.
So you see his domesticall afflictions in his wife, now consider what hee suffered in his childeren, 1. In Ishmael whom hee had first, ⟨p. 134⟩hee was faine to banish him,1 or excommunicate him whether you will, or both, this was an hard thing to him, hee had but two sonnes and now hee must thrust one out of his family for ought that hee knew, never to see him againe. Hee must adventure him to the wide world, and send him abroad with his mother, in all probability of reason to starve or begge hee knew not whether. Would it not grieve and trouble any of you? to send a pretty youth about a douzen or ten yeares old out of his house, without any thing but a bag and a bottle, not knowing what hee would doe, or whether hee must goe: yet God tried Abraham thus, hee must learne to trust Gods word without meanes and above hope. The promise was, that God would make him a great man, and now God began to performe promise, by seeming to make him a begger; If God seeme to threaten us with beggerie in our posterity, wee must consider, that such a crosse seemed to bee rushing upon Abraham, but God found meanes to make that sonne great, to whom hee was not suffered to give any thing, that it might be made evident, that it is easie with God to inrich a man cast out and destitute of all friends.