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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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This Example must be followed of all good men, when they have made a covenant, they must so stand unto it, and be ready to afford such help and perform all such offices as by covenant they have obliged themselves unto; Covenants and agreements must be duly kept, though the things be such which come to be done as require labour, cost, and hazard: for this is a practise of that excellent virtue of truth or fidelity, then which nothing is more needful for the common prosperity of humane societies, for unless men may trust one another's words, what living can there be together in the world, and without trustiness in those that make promises, there is no believing their promises and so the sinews of the world are as it were cut asunder or cracked. Therefore in the 15. Psalm it is indeed a sign of a godly man, that when he hath sworn in covenant or otherwise, he will not change though it should fall out to be for his hurt. Faith requires that the thing be done which hath been spoken, and how can he challenge the name of a good man, in whom faithfulness is not found? or how should it be expected that he will be faithful with God, whom he never saw that is not faithful to his neighbour whom he sees daily.
This Example must be followed of all good men, when they have made a covenant, they must so stand unto it, and be ready to affoord such helpe and performe all such offices as by covenant they have obliged themselves unto; Covenants and agreements must be duly kept, though the things be such which come to be done as require labour, cost, and hazard: for this is a practise of that excellent vertue of truth or fidelity, then which nothing is more needfull for the common prosperity of humane societies, for unlesse men may trust one anothers words, what living can there be together in the world, and without trustinesse in those that make promises, there is no beleeving their promises and so the sinewes of the world are as it were cut asunder or cracked. Therefore in the 15. Psalme it is indeed a signe of a godly man, that when hee hath sworne in covenant or otherwise, he will not change though it should fall out to be for his hurt. Faith requires that the thing be done which hath beene spoken, and how can hee challenge the name of a good man, in whom faithfullnesse is not found? or how should it be expected that hee will be faithfull with God, whom hee never saw that is not faithfull to his neighbour whom hee sees daily.