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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 I pray you, if any be guilty to themselves of laziness, unwillingness to exercise themselves painfully in their callings, either with hand or head or both, that they take notice of it, sure they be of kin to these miscreants the Sodomites; now begin to labour in this worthy work of repenting for thine unprofitable living. For sure, if men must give an account for every idle word, then other parts of idleness must likewise be brought unto the reckoning. I pray those that be of the richer sort, that do not find a necessity of labouring laid upon them for their bellies sake, to take heed that they pass not over their idleness as a small matter. Most times riches make men turn Sodomites, they are proud, they give themselves to fullness of bread, and to abundance of idleness, they will not set themselves to any diligent following of any good work, but delight in that which Solomon saith his virtuous woman would not do,1 to eat the bread of idleness. Surely the God that made them as well as other men with bodies and minds fitted to do service, will not brook their doing of nothing.
Now I pray you, if any be guilty to themselves of lazinesse, unwillingnesse to exercise themselves painefully in their callings, either with hand or head or both, that they take notice of it, sure they be of kinne to these miscreants the Sodomites; now begin to labour in this worthy worke of repenting for thine unprofitable living. For sure, if men must give an account for every idle word, then other parts of idlenesse must likewise be brought unto the reckoning. I pray those that be of the richer sort, that doe not finde a necessity of labouring laide upon them for their bellies sake, to take heed that they passe not over their idlenesse as a small matter. Most times riches make men turne Sodomites, they are proud, they give themselves to fullnesse of bread, and to abundance of idlenesse, they will not set themselves to any diligent following of any good worke, but delight in that which Salomon saith his vertuous woman would not doe,1 to eate the bread of idlenesse. Surely the God that made them as well as other men with bodies and mindes fitted to doe service, will not brooke their doing of nothing.
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