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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.
Now look to him in his end, how little a thing will kill him? a hair, or a stone of a raisin, the least thing going awry. How little a place will hold him when he is dead? a poor winding sheet, a coffin, a little hole in the earth, how little can he do then? nothing but feed worms and yield forth a stinking smell. Look upon a man lying upon his death-bed, groaning and panting for life, look upon him in his winding sheet and coffin, bound hand and foot, and imprisoned in that narrow stocks. Look upon him in his grave, rotting and smelling and putrefying, and I hope you will easily confess, he hath cause to make but mean account of himself, so will these thoughts help to chase out pride.
Now looke to him in his end, how little a thing will kill him? a haire, or a stone of a raisin, the least thing going awry. How little a place will hold him when he is dead? a poore winding sheete, a coffin, a little hole in the earth, how little can he doe then? nothing but feede wormes and yeeld forth a stinking smell. Looke upon a man lying upon his death-bed, groaning and panting for life, looke upon him in his winding sheete and coffin, bound hand and foote, and imprisoned in that narrow stockes. Looke upon him in his grave, rotting and smelling and putrifying, and I hope you will easily confesse, he hath cause to make but meane account of himselfe, so will these thoughts helpe to chase out pride.
But consider a man in his spiritual misery, he was conceived in sin, he is of his father the Devil, he is a slave to sin, a traitor to God. He is full of all wickedness, destitute of all holiness, and cannot escape eternal damnation by any worth or power of his own, but must needs sink down to hell, and be made fuel for that eternal burning. You see by what means you may subdue pride, he that findeth it out and resisteth it with these weapons, shall undoubtedly prevail against it, he that thinks himself free from it and takes no pains to subdue it, shall surely be conquered by it.
But consider a man in his spirituall misery, he was conceived in sinne, he is of his father the Divell, he is a slave to sinne, a traitor to God. He is full of all wickednesse, destitute of all holinesse, and cannot escape eternall damnation by any worth or power of his owne, but must needes sinke downe to hell, and be made fuell for that eternall burning. You see by what meanes you may subdue pride, hee that findeth it out and resisteth it with these weapons, shall undoubtedly prevaile against it, hee that thinkes himselfe free from it and takes no paines to subdue it, shall surely bee conquered by it.