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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 14: THE FOURTEENTH EXAMPLE.Example 14: THE FOVRTEENTH EXAMPLE.
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1But for their faults and vices they be many and great. The Holy Ghost speaketh of them in general and more particularly. First in general, Gen. 13.13. that they were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly, and Gen. 18.20. The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous. Lo you may see in them, that the wicked nature of man is apt to become out of measure sinful, and to bring forth exceeding grievous sins, and such as make a mighty cry in the ears of God, even as it were wearying his patience and challenging his justice for revenge. As a thing beginning to rot becomes exceeding rotten, even till it come to be very filth and dirt, and a man beginning to tumble down the hill, makes no stop till he come to the very bottom of the hill. For both Gods righteousness is offended and provoked to punish them for a presumptuous and wilful sin, by giving them over to their own blindness and hardness, and to Satan's power and temptations, and also Satan is earnest to thrust sinners forward in the paths of iniquity, that if it were possible, he might satisfy his hatred against mankind, by making them all as bad as himself, and also corrupt nature it self finding pleasure, delight, and content in sin, is made more and more prone to sin, and so proceedeth further and further, till the Lord shall strip them by opposing of his just vengeance, and cutting them off in the midst of their wild race.
1But for their faults and vices they be many and great. The Holy Ghost speaketh of them in generall and more particularly. First in generall, Gen. 13.13. that they were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly, and Gen. 18.20. The cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is great and their sinne is very grievous. Loe you may see in them, that the wicked nature of man is apt to become out of measure sinfull, and to bring forth exceeding grievous sinnes, and such as make a mighty cry in the eares of God, even as it were wearying his patience and challenging his justice for revenge. As a thing beginning to rot becomes exceeding rotten, even till it come to be very filth and dirt, and a man beginning to tumble downe the hill, makes no stop till he come to the very bottome of the hill. For both Gods righteousnesse is offended and provoked to punish them for a presumptuous and wilfull sinne, by giving them over to their owne blindnesse and hardnesse, and to Satans power and temptations, and also Satan is earnest to thrust sinners forward in the pathes of iniquity, that if it were possible, hee might satisfie his hatred against mankinde, by making them all as bad as himselfe, and also corrupt nature it selfe finding pleasure, delight, and content in sinne, is made more and more prone to sinne, and so proceedeth further and further, till the Lord shall strip them by opposing of his just vengeance, and cutting them off in the midst of their wilde race.