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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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But again, Lot I think, offended in going about to match his daughters with any of the wicked generation of the Sodomites. What could he find none other in all the world to give his children for wives but to two wicked men in that wicked City? Would he be content to have his children, his children's children's children, and all his posterity to live in that little hell, and to be endangered unto the like abominations? Surely the love of the world prevailed here with him more then it ought to have. It is a fault too common with us, many a Father is regardless how bad the place and family be into which he matcheth his daughter, so the state be good. Be the Town as bad as Sodom, and the person as profane as these men, yet a good living will make them to plant their children in such a garden, as it were, or wilderness rather. I cannot conceive but that this is a proof of mans too high esteeming of outward things, and I beseech you Fathers learn of Lot, provide better for the placing of your children.
But againe, Lot I think, offended in going about to match his daughters with any of the wicked generation of the Sodomites. What could he finde none other in all the world to give his children for wives but to two wicked men in that wicked City? Would he be content to have his children, his childrens childrens children, and all his posterity to live in that little hell, and to be indangered unto the like abhominations? Surely the love of the world prevailed here with him more then it ought to have. It is a fault too common with us, many a Father is regardlesse how bad the place and family be into which he matcheth his daughter, so the state be good. Be the Towne as bad as Sodome, and the person as prophane as these men, yet a good living will make them to plant their children in such a garden, as it were, or wildernesse rather. I cannot conceive but that this is a proofe of mans too high esteeming of outward things, and I beseech you Fathers learne of Lot, provide better for the placing of your children.
Another fault of Lots is,1 that he did offer his two daughters to the Sodomites, saying. Do to them what seemeth good in your eyes. Out of a desire to save his guests from villainy he prostitutes those that should have been dearer to him then any guests: and so would redeem the strangers from wrong with the hazard of his children's chastity. He is to be somewhat excused by the present occasion, in that hurry and distemper he had not leisure to consider well of the thing he did, but through hast was pushed forward to do so great an hurt unto the two maids. He doth evil here that good may come of it, a thing that S. Paul would never allow, for he saith concerning it, God forbid. The doing of evil is simply sinful,