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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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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, 2be not taken with her eye-lids.
First, he shewed himselfe lustfull and wanton,1 and overslavish to a beautifull face, for he quickly hearkned to his servants that commended Sarahs fairenesse to him, and tooke her into his house: what a vanity and folly and excessive ingagement to lustfull pleasures is this in a man? that he can no sooner heare of a faire 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 faire face, with the mixture of the two colours white and red, and the comely proportion of the face. The sence of seeing over-beares them, and they scarce looke to any thing so much in a woman, as that which Salomons experience made him call vanity and deceitfulnesse, favour and beauty. We that have greater helpes to mortification, should not suffer our passions to be so farre masters over us. Surely Pharaohs Courtiers were well acquainted with his inclination in that kind, they would not else have brought him so quicke tidings of Sarahs good face. It is a blame-worthy weakenesse in a Heathen, much more in a Christian, to make use of the meanes which God hath given him to mortify such passions, and let reason have dominion over you, rather then eyesight and fancy. If Pharaoh had knowne her to be Abrahams wife, it may seeme, he would not have taken her from him for all her beauty, and be none of you worse then Pharaoh pretended hee would have beene, to let beauty winne 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 foule a crime as adultery. Remember what Salomon saith, desire not her beauty to thy hurt,