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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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1But another good deed of Lots we read of, and that is, he vexed his righteous soul from day to day with the unclean conversation of the Sodomites, and it is said, he was labouring against, for so much the word in proper signification of it doth express. He was burdened with it, and even laboured under it as under a burden, he was also upon the rack with it. He grieved so for it, that he would fain have amended it, and not finding that possible it was a torture unto him to see it growing more and more. This is a good thing to grieve at the common faults and sins, I beheld the transgressor and was grieved, 2Psal. 119.158. and in another place, Rivers of tears gush out of mine eyes, because men keep not thy Law. If we hate sin, if we love the glory of God, or the souls of men, we must needs be grieved to see that done which our selves hate, and which tendeth to Gods dishonour and the damnation of men. If we grieve for sin we shall be preserved from the contagion of it, and keep our selves unspotted in the common pollution: but if we have not so much grace as to bewail it, we shall quickly show our selves so weak as ⟨p. 173⟩to fall to the imitating it at least in some degrees. Yea the Prophet Ezekiel noteth, that the mourners were marked out for deliverance, as Noah was in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
1But another good deed of Lots we reade of, and that is, he vexed his righteous soule from day to day with the uncleane conversation of the Sodomites, and it is said, he was labouring against, for so much the word in proper signification of it doth expresse. He was burdened with it, and even laboured under it as under a burden, hee was also upon the rack with it. He grieved so for it, that hee would faine have amended it, and not finding that possible it was a torture unto him to see it growing more and more. This is a good thing to grieve at the common faults and sinnes, I beheld the transgressour and was grieved, 2