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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.
Therefore learn to preserve shamefastness in your selves, and to know how to blush, it is the colour of virtue in the younger sort, which should only therefore be separated from elder persons, because they should then be more perfect then to say or do things that might occasion it, else impudency in vice is the more loathsome by how much the head is greyer; Indeed want of store of blood will not give so red a hue to the cheeks, but if an old man be not more confounded within himself for his wickedness then a younger, it is a sign that his age hath profited little in ability of judging, and discerning evil from good and good from evil. If any amongst you find himself to have a brazen fore-head, that is never a whit abashed at the doing of evil, chiefly of wanton deeds, that he cares not much who sees or knows, what dirt is harboured in his mind, he is near neighbour to a Sodomite.
Therefore learne to preserve shamefastnesse in your selves, and to know how to blush, it is the colour of vertue in the younger sort, which should onely therefore be separated from elder persons, because they should then be more perfect then to say or doe things that might occasion it, else impudencie in vice is the more loathsome by how much the head is grayer; Indeed want of store of bloud will not give so red a hue to the cheekes, but if an old man be not more confounded within himselfe for his wickednesse then a younger, it is a signe that his age hath profited little in ability of judging, and discerning evill from good and good from evill. If any amongst you finde himselfe to have a brazen fore-head, that is never a whit abashed at the doing of evill, chiefely of wanton deeds, that he cares not much who sees or knowes, what dirt is harboured in his minde, he is neere neighbour to a Sodomite.
But as they did it impudently, so most wilfully, for when Lot by loving dehortations, and (as any but a brutish person would have conceived) offers of that which might have better contented them, then that which they propounded (even his own two daughters virgins) yet they grew disdainful towards him, stand far of or beyond, the word is, approach beyond, as much as in our phrase, get thee farther of, and accusing him of great insolencie, that being a stranger would needs make himself a Judge, (He takes upon him as a chief ruler in the conceit of a wicked man that seeks to drive him from his sin) they fall to threaten, that they will deal worse with him then with them. So gentle words did rather exasperate them, then any thing mitigate their eagerness, therefore the Angels pulling in Lot unto them into the house, strike the men with blindness, a kind of giddiness of brain and dazzling of eyes, like to those that have fed of some kind of root that makes them little less then wild and mad for the time, they could not find the door by groping, and yet continued still to weary themselves by groping after it.