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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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But take notice of God in your Eminency in this present world, and labour to be so much more thankful and obedient to God, and serviceable and profitable to men; and then shall preferment here be a means of enlarging your joys hereafter too. O happy is he, that shall be great in Heaven as well as on Earth, by his well employing of his earthly greatness, and you that cannot be great here, yet strive to attain a Kingdom, and here too in a spiritual sense. Labour to be Kings over your selves, in establishing the Kingdom of grace in your hearts, that you may be Kings hereafter, and that in far greater glory and happiness, then the greatest of all earthly Kings either did ever or ever could enjoy: the meanest Christian may get the Kingdom of grace and of glory, as well as a David or a Solomon.
But take notice of God in your Eminency in this present world, and labour to be so much more thankefull and obedient to God, and serviceable and profitable to men; and then shall preferrement here bee a meanes of inlarging your joyes hereafter too. O happie is hee, that shall be great in Heaven as well as on Earth, by his well employing of his earthly greatnesse, and you that cannot be great here, yet strive to attaine a Kingdome, and here too in a spirituall sence. Labour to bee Kings over your selves, in establishing the Kingdome of grace in your hearts, that you may bee Kings hereafter, and that in farre greater glory and happinesse, then the greatest of all earthly Kings either did ever or ever could enjoy: the meanest Christian may get the Kingdome of grace and of glory, as well as a David or a Salomon.
1Another benefit we must observe, the Lord by his providence kept him from committing that sin which else he would have committed, but indeed of mere ignorance, for his heart was upright with God so far that if he had known it he would not have committed it. So the Lord tells him, therefore I kept thee that thou shouldst not come near her, meaning Sarah. It is a great favour of God to preserve a man from sinning by his providence, I mean, to order things so, that he hath not opportunity or freedom to do such things, as else he would commit, because he doth not know them to be sins. And this is one of the graces that God doth show to those whose hearts he finds upright with him. O strive to get sincerity of soul, that he which searcheth the heart, may vouchsafe you the same goodness, but if you be hollow and guileful, the Lord may and will justly punish you by giving you over to great offences. And if any man find, that God hath restrained him from doing some wickedness which he did not know and therefore should have done much more which he did know and would have done, he must bless the name of God for it with heartiest prayers. He that was in likelihood afore he knew of it to have fallen into