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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.
Now the second Sister, she follows her Sisters evil deeds, and evil counsel, and they commit the same sin the second time with the ⟨p. 187⟩same wilfulness, for the elder is as guilty of her Sisters incest as of her own. Men having transgressed the bounds of modesty,1 grow extremely careless, and easily commit the second time what they have ventured upon the first. It is more difficulty to forbear repeating of a sin then committing it, as it is to drive out an enemy then to keep him out. Give sin a strong denial at first, so shall we be soonest rid of it.
Now the second Sister, she followes her Sisters evill deeds, and evill counsell, and they commit the same sinne the second time with the ⟨p. 187⟩same wilfulnesse, for the elder is as guilty of her Sisters incest as of her owne. Men having transgressed the bounds of modesty,1 grow extreamely carelesse, and easily commit the second time what they have ventured upon the first. It is more difficulty to forbeare repeating of a sinne then committing it, as it is to drive out an enemy then to keepe him out. Give sinne a strong deniall at first, so shall we be soonest rid of it.
- 1Qui semel verecundiae limits transiluerit, graviter impudentem esse oportet.Qui semel verecundiae limites transiluerit, graviter impudentem esse oportet.
Now let us consider the offences themselves,1 for hitherto we have looked alone into certain aggravations of them. First to make a man drunk, this is a grievous sin, a purposed lying in wait to overcome another with wine or strong drink, is a foul fault; it hath its original ever in some further evil intention, either to laugh at the offenders, or otherwise to wrong them, as here, and draw them to some wickedness or inconvenience, which else they would not be drawn unto. He seeks mischief to his neighbour, that seeks to spoil him of his understanding, and makes him a beast, that he may draw him to beastly deeds. Come now and consider your selves, if none of you have thus sinned against your brethren. He is worse then a drunkard, that is a maker of drunkards; a man may be drunk of mere weakness, but it is wilfulness that causeth another to be drunken. He loves this sin more, that causeth it in another, then he that commits the same himself; If any of you have so sinned against his brother, he is a very lewd man, and must answer for that sin before God with more severity then the person that hath been drawn into it by his means. Much repentance therefore is required of such an offender.