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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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I mean, it is a little held in compass by good education and precepts of morality, and a kind of restraining grace, and then it is far more moderate in its effects, and will not so excessively bewray it self, other times it is like a tyrant, which hath a council as bad as him self, it rangeth whether it listeth, when it wants good education, and restraint of a divine hand to keep it down, and then the effects of it be prodigious. Know therefore that a man may be under the dominion of pride, though he be not so outrageous and enormous in the effects of it, as some others be, and if you will take a true trial, here it is. I can know what account any man makes of a thing by his carriage, when that thing is depressed, abused, wronged, vilified, and so may I know what account I make of my self by my demeanour in occasion of such usage.
I meane, it is a little held in compasse by good education and precepts of morality, and a kinde of restraining grace, and then it is farre more moderate in its effects, and will not so excessively bewray it selfe, other times it is like a tyrant, which hath a councell as bad as him selfe, it rangeth whether it listeth, when it wants good education, and restraint of a divine hand to keepe it downe, and then the effects of it be prodigious. Know therefore that a man may be under the dominion of pride, though he be not so outragious and enormious in the effects of it, as some others be, and if you will take a true triall, here it is. I can know what account any man makes of a thing by his carriage, when that thing is depressed, abused, wronged, vilified, and so may I know what account I make of my selfe by my demeanour in occasion of such usage.
When you have learnt how to find out this sin, if you please,1 will you learn also to subdue it? the way is first to mark the fruits of it, as they break forth in your lives, which fruits we have discovered before. Impatience, bragging, contention, envying, slighting and despising of others, and especially working in proud wrath, that is, falling into such extreme fits of anger, that a man cares not almost what he saith or doth to them that have angered him.