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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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First, She was barren a long time, this was a cross to her no doubt,1 because of her earnest desire to have children, and because as I said of Abraham, the hope of her salvation did hang upon the fruit of her womb. Barrenness is such a cross you see as hath befallen a godly woman. Let them therefore that are exercised with it, learn to bear it with patience, and labour to get hearts so much more fruitful of good works, that such spiritual fruitfulness may make amends for the want of the fruit of their bodies. If God make not a woman to bear children, but make her pious and godly, able to bring forth the fruits of the spirit in that spiritual marriage betwixt Christ and her, she hath cause to be so thankful for this fruitfulness, as easily to brook the trouble of the other unfruitfulness. And those whom God doth not afflict with this affliction, must learn to praise him for their fertile womb. It is a sin not to prize even these temporal benefits, but to grumble at abundance of fruit of the body, is so foul a fault of ingratitude and unbelief, that a man or woman should greatly blame themselves for turning a thing beneficial in it self into a distress and misery unto themselves.
First, She was barren a long time, this was a crosse to her no doubt,1 because of her earnest desire to have childeren, and because as I said of Abraham, the hope of her salvation did hang upon the fruit of her wombe. Barrennesse is such a crosse you see as hath befallen a godly woeman. Let them therefore that are exercised with it, learne to beare it with patience, and labour to get hearts so much more fruitfull of good workes, that such spirituall fruitfulnesse may make amends for the want of the fruit of their bodies. If God make not a woeman to beare children, but make her pious and godly, able to bring forth the fruits of the spirit in that spirituall marriage betwixt Christ and her, she hath cause to be so thankefull for this fruitfulnesse, as easily to brooke the trouble of the other unfruitfulnesse. And those whom God doth not afflict with this affliction, must learne to praise him for their fertile wombe. It is a sinne not to prize even these temporall benefits, but to grumble at abundance of fruit of the body, is so foule a fault of ingratitude and unbeleefe, that a man or woeman should greatly blame themselves for turning a thing beneficiall in it selfe into a distresse and misery unto themselves.