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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.
It must be a loathsome vice, if we consider the causes whence it comes, and the fruits which it produceth. The root of it is nothing but ignorance or folly or both;1 Ignorance is the not knowing of what one should know, Folly the not useful considering of what one doth know, and were not the heart made stark blind with one or both of these vices, it could never rush into pride. For so mean is a man in his very Creation that he comes of dust and nothing, and in his sinful corruption, now much more mean when he is of his Father the Devil as the Scripture saith, nothing but the spawn of Hell, and a very bastard mis-begotten by the Prince of darkness, and subject to so many miseries here, and to such a weight of eternal misery hereafter, that if he were duly informed of this baseness, and did rightly believe it, and consider of it, he could not possibly be puffed up with a good conceit of himself. But his high fancies are ever strong and working in him, when his heart is so filled up with darkness and blindness, that either he doth not at all or not certainly know these things. A drunken beggar will carry himself like some Emperor, and he cares for no man, because he hath not the wit to take notice of his own baseness. So it is with the proud man, so very a fool he is that he cannot instruct himself of his own contemptibleness, and therefore he is apt to be lifted up in himself, now folly and ignorance be so vile things themselves, that no natural issue of them can choose but be like themselves even sinful and wicked.
It must be a loathsome vice, if wee consider the causes whence it comes, and the fruits which it produceth. The roote of it is nothing but ignorance or follie or both;1 Ignorance is the not knowing of what one should know, Folly the not usefull considering of what one doth know, and were not the heart made starke blinde with one or both of these vices, it could never rush into pride. For so meane is a man in his very Creation that he comes of dust and nothing, and in his sinfull corruption, now much more meane when he is of his Father the Divell as the Scripture saith, nothing but the spawne of Hell, and a very bastard mis-begotten by the Prince of darkenesse, and subject to so many miseries here, and to such a weight of eternall misery hereafter, that if he were duely informed of this basenesse, and did rightly beleeve it, and consider of it, hee could not possibly be puffed up with a good conceit of himselfe. But his high fancies are ever strong and working in him, when his heart is so filled up with darkenesse and blindnesse, that either he doth not at all or not certainely know these things. A drunken beggar will carry himselfe like some Emperour, and he cares for no man, because he hath not the wit to take notice of his owne basenesse. So it is with the proud man, so very a foole hee is that hee cannot instruct himselfe of his owne contemptiblenesse, and therefore he is apt to be lifted up in himselfe, now folly and ignorance be so vile things themselves, that no naturall issue of them can choose but be like themselves even sinfull and wicked.