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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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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.
Wherefore, let all those that have children and must dispose of them to be servants, be principally carefull 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 meanes the may be helped to knowledge, faith, obedience, graces of all sorts and to life eternall hereafter. Seeing your children be made after Gods image, have a soule as well as a body, and have neede as much of things profitable for the soule, since that is the farre better part, and if that be well, the good estate thereof will easily countervaile and make amends for the evills 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.
And all you servants that have been directed either by Gods providence, or by the careful endeavours of your good friends unto such households wherein you have all good usage for your outward man, and over and above the comfortable helps of domesticall duties to bring you unto goodness, take notice of this mercy and thank God for it, and take heed that you grow not weary of those holy duties, and show not your selves so profane, as to be troubled at that which should be your greatest content. Yea I pray you so many as live in good families, strive so to conform your selves to the goodness of the household, as that you may have goodness by the means of goodness there used, for otherwise that which should have procured life to you shall serve to make your destruction more terrible. Learn to pray, learn to hear Gods Word, learn to be good by the precepts and examples of your Governors, else as our Saviour telleth, that it shall be easier with the Sodomites, then the Capernaites at the day of judgement, so shall it be for the servants of profanest Masters then for you that serve good and holy Masters and Mistresses.