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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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Again, the Lord had undertaken with Abraham, to be a friend to his friends and an enemy to his enemies, and to bless them that blessed him as well as to curse them that cursed him. Wherefore in entertaining friendship with them, a man doth interest himself into some degree of Gods favour and blessing according to that promise, for God hath tied himself as well to all Abraham's sons, even all the faithful, as well as to himself; you see the profit of such association with good men.
Againe, the Lord had undertaken with Abraham, to be a friend to his friends and an enemie to his enemies, and to blesse them that blessed him as well as to curse them that cursed him. Wherefore in entertaining friendship with them, a man doth interest himselfe into some degree of Gods favour and blessing according to that promise, for God hath tied himselfe as well to all Abrahams sonnes, even all the faithfull, as well as to himselfe; you see the profit of such association with good men.
Wherefore they must be reproved that are embittered against godly men and are enemies to those that love God, hating men even for goodness sake, and persecuting them for righteousness sake, without doubt these provoke God to fight against them and to become an enemy unto them, joining in the quarrel of the Saints, which indeed for his sake they have taken up against them. It is an evil thing to be a foe to those that fear God, and it shows not alone an absence of goodness but also a great strength of wickedness. He is surely carried by Satan at his pleasure, and a slave in a great degree to the Devil, that cannot endure the image of God in a man. And yet our Lord tells his servants,1 that they shall be hated of all men for his names sake.
Wherefore they must be reprooved that are imbittered against godly men and are enemies to those that love God, hating men even for goodnesse sake, and persecuting them for righteousnesse sake, without doubt these provoke God to fight against them and to become an enemy unto them, joyning in the quarrell of the Saints, which indeed for his sake they have taken up against them. It is an evill thing to be a foe to those that feare God, and it shewes not alone an absence of goodnesse but also a great strength of wickednesse. He is surely carried by Satan at his pleasure, and a slave in a great degree to the Divell, that cannot endure the image of God in a man. And yet our Lord tells his servants,