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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
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And secondly, I pray you shun, shun this Sodomitish sin, take not liberty to be idle, but lay out your time so that you may comfortably ⟨p. 235⟩answer it to God the Maker of it and of you. Time is a thing most precious, all the wealth under Heaven cannot redeem one misspent minute, by how much it is more dear and irremediable, by so much ought it to be more carefully husbanded and warily bestowed. Therefore, be you painful in your callings, break off sleep seasonably in the morning; set close to some needful actions in the day, give not the greater part of your time to sports, and sitting idle and discoursing of this and that, but follow the works of your calling, and frame your selves to some calling, make your selves a vocation in some matter or other, that shall be worth your time. Painfulness in a calling will kill many vices, it will exercise all virtues, it will prevent many temptations and sins: it will make ones life comfortable, and his heart in good measure humble and discreet. It will be a content at death, to think one hath not wasted his life for nothing. Do not dare to slip away from the works of your calling but upon good ground, when you are able to allege some better thing to be done instead of it, or just occasion of intermitting it, for your better fitting and enabling to it. I do not commend toylesomenesse to you, but due diligence in your places, that may cause you to differ much from the inhabitants of Sodom. Especially, give not your selves to excessive sleep and sports; Solomon hath condemned the sluggard and the man that loveth pastime to the stocks of want, and one way or another the Lord will find a time and means to cast them into those stocks.
And secondly, I pray you shun, shun this Sodomitish sinne, take not liberty to be idle, but lay out your time so that you may comfortably ⟨p. 235⟩answer it to God the Maker of it and of you. Time is a thing most pretious, all the wealth under Heaven cannot redeeme one mispent minute, by how much it is more deare and irremediable, by so much ought it to be more carefully husbanded and warily bestowed. Therefore, be you painefull in your callings, breake off sleepe seasonably in the morning; set close to some needfull actions in the day, give not the greater part of your time to sports, and sitting idle and discoursing of this and that, but follow the workes of your calling, and frame your selves to some calling, make your selves a vocation in some matter or other, that shall be worth your time. Painefullnesse in a calling will kill many vices, it will exercise all vertues, it will prevent many temptations and sinnes: it will make ones life comfortable, and his heart in good measure humble and discreete. It will be a content at death, to thinke one hath not wasted his life for nothing. Doe not dare to slip away from the workes of your calling but upon good ground, when you are able to alledge some better thing to be done insteed of it, or just occasion of intermitting it, for your better fitting and inabling to it. I doe not commend toylesomenesse to you, but due diligence in your places, that may cause you to differ much from the inhabitants of Sodome. Especially, give not your selves to excessive sleepe and sports; Salomon hath condemned the sluggard and the man that loveth pastime to the stockes of want, and one way or another the Lord will finde a time and meanes to cast them into those stockes.