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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
Example 12: THE TWELFTH EXAMPLE.Example 12: THE TVVELFTH EXAMPLE.
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We see how mans nature is easily drawn by weak and poor grounds to run into very loathsome and foul crimes. Better the world should have wanted continuance and ended in their persons, then have it stored with an incestuous off-spring. No other meeting together of man and woman, if it had been in the way of Matrimony, is simply and of it self unlawful, but only that of Parents and children, for there was a time when the Brother married the sister without fault, as in the beginning when the world had no other persons in it but brethren and sisters, but never at any time was it lawful for the daughters to have the Father or the Mother the son. This therefore was the most unlawful mixture in the same kind and of different Sex that possibly could be. Yet upon a slender pretext that they knew not how to come by any other man, and so their Fathers posterity should perish, they consent to accomplish it. Had they not been made more then ordinarily immodest with the conversation of impure Sodomites, they would have been restrained with shame and blushing, from opening any such thought each to other, had it been to have solicited another man, much more their Father. But custom of hearing and seeing shameful deeds will banish shame quite away, and make men bold to manifest their wicked conceits one to another, which else modesty would never suffer them to speak of.
Wee see how mans nature is easily drawne by weake and poore grounds to runne into very loathsome and foule crimes. Better the world should have wanted continuance and ended in their persons, then have it stored with an incestuous off-spring. No other meeting together of man and woman, if it had beene in the way of Matrimony, is simply and of it selfe unlawfull, but onely that of Parents and children, for there was a time when the Brother married the sister without fault, as in the beginning when the world had no other persons in it but brethren and sisters, but never at any time was it lawfull for the daughters to have the Father or the Mother the sonne. This therefore was the most unlawfull mixture in the same kinde and of different Sexe that possibly could be. Yet upon a slender pretext that they knew not how to come by any other man, and so their Fathers posterity should perish, they consent to accomplish it. Had they not beene made more then ordinarily immodest with the conversation of impure Sodomites, they would have beene restrained with shame and blushing, from opening any such thought each to other, had it beene to have solicited another man, much more their Father. But custome of hearing and seeing shamefull deeds will banish shame quite away, and make men bold to manifest their wicked conceits one to another, which else modesty would never suffer them to speake of.