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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Again beware of offering hard measure to a stranger, the more helpless any man is, the more charity commandeth to pity him, the less to wrong him: especially to be so madded with lust, as that a man should impure one with filthy assays whom he never saw before, this is to show a most licentious and unsatisfiable humour, that is not contented, unless beast-like, it may have any it sees at any time. That lust will know no bounds which is carried after every stranger, and it is the property of lust, when it hath overlashed more then it ought, to disdain all bounds and limits. Perhaps these Angels appeared in the form of very beautiful young men, and that might cause the filthy Sodomites to cast libidinous looks upon them, but howsoever it was, lust doth not confine it self always to beauty, it is of a ranging humour and loveth variety, and might it have all in the world but one, it would not be pleased without that one also, as other desires in their kinds are infinite and insatiable.
Againe beware of offering hard measure to a stranger, the more helplesse any man is, the more charity commandeth to pity him, the lesse to wrong him: especially to be so madded with lust, as that a man should impure one with filthy assayes whom he never saw before, this is to shew a most licentious and unsatisfiable humour, that is not contented, unlesse beast-like, it may have any it sees at any time. That lust will know no bounds which is carried after every stranger, and it is the property of lust, when it hath overlashed more then it ought, to disdaine all bounds and limits. Perhaps these Angels appeared in the forme of very beautifull young men, and that might cause the filthy Sodomites to cast libidinous lookes upon them, but howsoever it was, lust doth not confine it selfe alwayes to beauty, it is of a raunging humour and loveth variety, and might it have all in the world but one, it would not be pleased without that one also, as other desires in their kindes are infinite and insatiable.
Another aggravation of their wickedness,1 is from the persons that committed it, not one vile fellow, or three or four companions in villainy, consented together to act such a hideous part, but all the men of the city, old and young, all from every quarter assembled together, by which it is manifest, that the City was universally corrupted, and that there was not a civill honest man left amongst them,