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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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Learn we therefore to take heed of the beginnings of evil, and to license our selves to commit any sin out of a conceit that it is small and little, or yet because we mean to do it but once, and then an end, for sin once committed will quickly return to tempt us again, and will more easily prevail to break forth the second time then the first, and the third then the second and so forward. 'Tis not in a falling mans choice and power to stop himself when himself pleaseth, nor in one that is sinking in deep waters to stay himself from sinking to the very bottom. And a little sin doth but make way for a greater till at length there be space enough for the greatest of all to enter, yea harder it will be to abstain from the fowlest and most grievous at the last, then from the very least of all at the first, presume not therefore to sin out of any such conceit.
Learne we therefore to take heed of the beginnings of evill, and to license our selves to commit any sinne out of a conceit that it is small and little, or yet because wee meane to doe it but once, and then an end, for sinne once committed will quickly returne to tempt us againe, and will more easily prevaile to breake forth the second time then the first, and the third then the second and so forward. 'Tis not in a falling mans choice and power to stop himselfe when himselfe pleaseth, nor in one that is sinking in deepe waters to stay himselfe from sinking to the very bottome. And a little sinne doth but make way for a greater till at length there be space enough for the greatest of all to enter, yea harder it will be to abstaine from the fowlest and most grievous at the last, then from the very least of all at the first, presume not therefore to sinne out of any such conceit.
Again, if we have sinned in smaller degrees of evil, or once or twice done amiss, let us make hast to repent and turn, humbling our selves and craving power and help against our own naughtiness, otherwise it is certain, that extremity of the most horrible wickednesses will grow upon us, and we shall become like them of Sodom, grievous sinners, and exceeding wicked before the Lord, and our sins also will grow so roaring, as to waken the Lord out of his slumber of patience and forbearance, yea and if God have stopped us in the paths of sin, and not left us to the highest degree of wickedness, we must acknowledge his goodness in keeping us from such excess of naughtiness, and beware of boasting our selves because we are not stark naught; for did not a divine power restrain and bridle corruption, and