A15013:688
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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1The crosses that the Scripture telleth us of, are no more but one only, viz. God did strike him with sickness and weakness, and his women with barrenness, and this cross was rather sent upon him, as a mercy to keep him from touching Sarah, then in anger or displeasure against him. Sickness of a mans person, wife and family are crosses, but sometimes the Lord doth ⟨p. 207⟩send them upon men in favour, to prevent divers sins, which else he knows they would have committed in that time, if health had continued. Let us not murmur against GOD because of such crosses, but rather take notice of his goodness in the same, especially in point of sickness, if it linger upon us, and think thus with our selves, how many sins might I have run into, if this bodily feebleness had not kept me within doors. And when we be sick or otherwise affected, let us turn our thoughts round about us, to find out if any such thing be, some sin that we should have run into but for such prevention. See if thine heart have not harboured some unconsidered fault, and further the health of your bodies, by turning sickness into purging physic for your souls. So have we finished the example of this King.
1The crosses that the Scripture telleth us of, are no more but one onely, viz. God did strike him with sicknesse and weakenesse, and his women with barrennesse, and this crosse was rather sent upon him, as a mercy to keepe him from touching Sarah, then in anger or displeasure against him. Sicknesse of a mans person, wife and family are crosses, but sometimes the Lord doth ⟨p. 207⟩send them upon men in favour, to prevent divers sinnes, which else hee knowes they would have committed in that time, if health had continued. Let us not murmure against GOD because of such crosses, but rather take notice of his goodnesse in the same, especially in point of sicknesse, if it linger upon us, and thinke thus with our selves, how many sinnes might I have runne into, if this bodily feeblenesse had not kept mee within dores. And when wee bee sicke or otherwise affected, let us turne our thoughts round about us, to finde out if any such thing be, some sinne that wee should have runne into but for such prevention. See if thine heart have not harboured some unconsidered fault, and further the health of your bodies, by turning sicknesse into purging physicke for your soules. So have we finished the example of this King.