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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 the people of God do sometimes stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, when God saith one thing and reason saith the contrary, they consult with flesh and blood, and credit their own reason above the authority of God which speaketh to them. This is a great fault, and tendeth much to the dishonour of God, as if his power were limited by the rules of reason, or by the course of nature, ⟨p. 143⟩and did not exceed our reason and stand quite above the power of nature. We must see this sin in our selves, labouring to be humbled at it but not discouraged, for this weakness of faith may well stand with the truth of faith, not he hath no faith at all who is many times troubled with doubting, but he which yields to it and is overcome by it.
Thus the people of God doe sometimes stagger at the promise of God through unbeleefe, when God saith one thing and reason saith the contrary, they consult with flesh and bloud, and credit their owne reason above the authority of God which speaketh to them. This is a great fault, and tendeth much to the dishonour of God, as if his power were limited by the rules of reason, or by the course of nature, ⟨p. 143⟩and did not exceede our reason and stand quite above the power of nature. Wee must see this sinne in our selves, labouring to be humbled at it but not discouraged, for this weakenesse of faith may well stand with the truth of faith, not he hath no faith at all who is many times troubled with doubting, but he which yeelds to it and is overcome by it.
We must also strive to wax strong in faith, by putting our selves in mind of Gods Omnipotency and faithfulness, as Sarah did at length, for the Apostle witnesseth,1 that she judged him faithful which had promised, and those promises which we must labour steadfastly to believe, are the promises of God to pardon our sins, and write his Law in our hearts, and to make us able to walk in his ways, and crown us at last with life and glory, notwithstanding our sins and imperfections. Though the performance of these promises seem to us as impossible as that a dry woman should be a mother, yet we must labour to rest upon them, because of the fidelity of him that hath promised to perfect his power in our weakness.