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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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1Of her death we read, Gen. 23. She lived a 127. years, and died at Hebron, and was buried in the cave of Makphela, which Abraham bought for money of Ephron the Hittite, for that use upon that occasion. She is the only woman,2 (so far as my memory serves me,) whose time of living is registered in Scripture, whither it have any mystery in it I cannot tell, no woman's age is recorded but Sarahs alone, the mother of Isaac, doubtless God intended to grace her in it above other women. And so we have done with Sarah too.
1Of her death we reade, Gen. 23. She lived a 127. yeares, and died at Hebron, and was buried in the cave of Makphela, which Abraham bought for money of Ephron the Hittite, for that use upon that occasion. She is the onely woeman,2 (so farre as my memory serves me,) whose time of living is registred in Scripture, whither it have any mistery in it I cannot tell, no woemans age is recorded but Sarahs alone, the mother of Isaac, doubtlesse God intended to grace her in it above other woemen. And so we have done with Sarah too.
- 1Her death.
- 2Her age only of all women is mentioned in Scripture.Her age onely of all women is mentioned in Scripture.
1It will not be amiss to add Hagar to her, of whose birth we have nothing recorded in Scripture, and as little of her death, but by that which the Scripture speaketh of her, there is some good probability that she was a woman fearing God, First because of all women in Sarahs house (who having above 300. men-servants, must needs have many maid-servants also) she made choice of her to give unto her husband Abraham, to the end that some seed, yea the promised seed might be taken from her. Sure Abraham and Sarah would not have preferred her above all the maidens in the house, if they had not thought her also a good and godly maiden. I suppose therefore that seeing her matter and mistress thought her good, we should go against the rules of charity, though we read of some faults she had, if we think not so too.