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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Now see her crosses and comforts; First, she was so happy as to be a servant in Abraham's house and so a member of the true Church within the Covenant of grace, by virtue of her being a member of that domesticall Church. It is a very good benefit, when the Lord vouchsafeth to place a servant in a good family under good and Christian Governors, which will afford them all good usage for their bodies, and all needful helps also for the salvation of their souls. They may enjoy as much comfort in this as in any one thing that can befall them in respect of their habitation and dwelling, to have good Governors in a good house. For in being under the roof and custody of a godly man, they be under the custody of God himself, and guard of holy Angels.
1Now see her crosses and comforts; First, shee was so happy as to be a servant in Abrahams house and so a member of the true Church within the Covenant of grace, by vertue of her being a member of that domesticall Church. It is a very good benefit, when the Lord vouchsafeth to place a servant in a good family under good and Christian Governours, which will affoord them all good usage for their bodies, and all needfull helpes also for the salvation of their soules. They may enjoy as much comfort in this as in any one thing that can befall them in respect of their habitation and dwelling, to have good Governours in a good house. For in being under the roofe and custody of a godly man, they be under the custody of God himselfe, and guard of holy Angels.
- 1Her benefits. 1. She was one of Abrahams servants.
Wherefore, let all those that have children and must dispose of them to be servants, be principally careful of this matter. Let your care be to provide for yours Masters, not alone of good estate with ⟨p. 151⟩whom they may live comfortably for their bodies, having good attire, good fare, good diet and the like, but by whose means the may be helped to knowledge, faith, obedience, graces of all sorts and to life eternal hereafter. Seeing your children be made after Gods image, have a soul as well as a body, and have need as much of things profitable for the soul, since that is the far better part, and if that be well, the good estate thereof will easily countervail and make amends for the evils which the body suffered, but if it be in bad estate, all the bodily benefits will nothing at all advantage it: therefore I require you in the first place to respect this most necessary thing in placing out your children.