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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
O take heed of giving your selves leave deliberately to sin, take heed of setting down a wicked conclusion in your minds, and saying, come and let us do this or this that you know is naught. This is not to slip into the mire but to wallow in it, this is a presumptuous and a wilful sin. This is to yield your selves captives to sin, and to show your selves servants of it. And if any one hath in such sort sinned, great repentance is needful to wash away so great a crime.
O take heed of giving your selves leave deliberately to sinne, take heed of setting downe a wicked conclusion in your mindes, and saying, come and let us doe this or this that you know is naught. This is not to slip into the mire but to wallow in it, this is a presumptuous and a wilfull sinne. This is to yeeld your selves captives to sinne, and to shew your selves servants of it. And if any one hath in such sort sinned, great repentance is needfull to wash away so great a crime.
But if they had agreed in hast to perpetrate this lewdness and yet before the time came of acting it, had called to mind the loathsomeness of the sin, and repenting of their naughty intention, forborne to proceed, the matter would not have been so foul, then it might have been attributed to weakness and hast. But they go on in it, the elder she first begins, and then she renews the matter to her Sister, who is easily persuaded to follow her, and so they both consent to do evil and perform it also. This is a great aggravation of sin, that if one have some leisure betwixt the resolving and executing, yet he hath persisted in his wicked resolution, and wanted the grace to change his mind. Persisting in an evil purpose, shows much blindness of mind and hardness of heart, and proves that God hath for punishment of wilfulness even given one over to his own hearts lusts.
But if they had agreed in hast to perpetrate this lewdnesse and yet before the time came of acting it, had called to mind the loathsomenesse of the sinne, and repenting of their naughty intention, forborne to proceed, the matter would not have beene so fowle, then it might have beene attributed to weakenesse and hast. But they goe on in it, the elder shee first begins, and then she renewes the matter to her Sister, who is easily perswaded to follow her, and so they both consent to doe evill and performe it also. This is a great aggravation of sinne, that if one have some leisure betwixt the resolving and executing, yet he hath persisted in his wicked resolution, and wanted the grace to change his mind. Persisting in an evill purpose, shewes much blindnesse of mind and hardnesse of heart, and proves that God hath for punishment of wilfulnesse even given one over to his owne hearts lusts.