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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.
1Now two Kings had occasion of intermeddling with Abraham, the King of Egypt, Pharaoh into whose country Abraham went to sojourn, for the famine that oppressed Canaan, as you have it related, ⟨p. 193⟩in Gen. 12.12, 14. in him we have to observe some bad things and some good.
1Now two Kings had occasion of intermedling with Abraham, the King of Egypt, Pharaoh into whose countrey Abraham went to sojourne, for the famine that oppressed Canaan, as you have it related, ⟨p. 193⟩in Gen. 12.12, 14. in him we have to observe some bad things and some good.
- 1Pharaoh.
First, he showed himself lustful and wanton,1 and overslavish to a beautiful face, for he quickly hearkened to his servants that commended Sarahs fairness to him, and took her into his house: what a vanity and folly and excessive engagement to lustful pleasures is this in a man? that he can no sooner hear of a fair woman, but he must covet and take her to him. It is an impotency very incident to mans nature, to be too much led with a fair face, with the mixture of the two colours white and red, and the comely proportion of the face. The sense of seeing over-bears them, and they scarce look to any thing so much in a woman, as that which Solomons experience made him call vanity and deceitfulness, favour and beauty. We that have greater helps to mortification, should not suffer our passions to be so far masters over us. Surely Pharaohs Courtiers were well acquainted with his inclination in that kind, they would not else have brought him so quick tidings of Sarahs good face. It is a blame-worthy weakness in a Heathen, much more in a Christian, to make use of the means which God hath given him to mortify such passions, and let reason have dominion over you, rather then eyesight and fancy. If Pharaoh had known her to be Abraham's wife, it may seem, he would not have taken her from him for all her beauty, and be none of you worse then Pharaoh pretended he would have been, to let beauty win you to be adulterers, corrupters of those you know to be other mens wives. Let not your dotage upon a comely visage, make you rush into so foul a crime as adultery. Remember what Solomon saith, desire not her beauty to thy hurt,