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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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I pray you learn also by Ishmael, not to suffer envy to rise against your Brethren if in any thing they be preferred before you to your detriment. Love not them less then the name of a Brother or Sister doth require, because you may think that they have stood betwixt your parents love and bounty and your selves, and so as it were overshadowed you, and kept the sun-shine from you, but behold the hand of God in so disposing of things and resolve to love still as Brethren.
I pray you learne also by Ishmael, not to suffer envy to rise against your Bretheren if in any thing they be preferred before you to your detriment. Love not them lesse then the name of a Brother or Sister doth require, because you may thinke that they have stood betwixt your parents love and bounty and your selves, and so as it were overshadowed you, and kept the sun-shine from you, but behold the hand of God in so disposing of things and resolve to love still as Bretheren.
Further Ishmael did one good act of honour and duty toward his mother Hagar. For it is said, Gen. 21.21.1 that his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt, so he was ruled by his mother in marriage, having her liking and consent, yea giving himself to be guided by her, as did also Isaac to Abraham, and Jacob to Isaac. It is a needful thing for children to take the consent and assent of their parents, (yea if it be but of the mother, supposing the father to be dead or absent,) and not to rush into this estate against their wills and privity. No comfort can come to the conscience in such a match, for whosoever is joined together otherwise then Gods Word alloweth, can have no ground of comfort, as those are that are joined without the good will of those whom God hath made his deputies in this business. The Lord saith to Parents, take wives for your sons, and give your daughters, plainly putting them into his room in that behalf, wherefore having not consent from them, they live ⟨p. 160⟩