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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.
A fourth is a sin of Omission, and that is, they strengthened not the hands of the poor. What is that? They did not relieve his necessities ⟨p. 236⟩with convenient supply, but gave him either nothing at all, or but so small a pittance, as would not suffice to give him any comfort.
A fourth is a sinne of Omission, and that is, they strengthened not the hands of the poore. What is that? They did not releeve his necessities ⟨p. 236⟩with convenient supplie, but gave him either nothing at all, or but so small a pittance, as would not suffice to give him any comfort.
It is you see a great fault to be pinching to the poor, and either to give them nothing, or a very small quantity almost as good as nothing. Therefore he reckons it as a proof of a good man that shall live, Ezek. 18.16. Hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; but when our Saviour came to sentence the goats on the left hand, he giveth this reason of their rejection.1 I was sick and you did not visit, hungry and you gave me no meat, in prison and you came not to me: and when they alleged that they never saw him in such distressed cases, and withdrew themselves from succouring him, his answer is, in that you did it not to these, you did it not to me. When the rich man refused to sell all and give to the poor upon an extraordinary command from him, he lets him go, and admits him not to follow him, nay by his words spoken immediately after,2 it is as possible, he excludeth him from Heaven, for he must needs be understood of that rich man and such as he was. Now if not giving of all upon an extraordinary occasion, will shut a man out of the Kingdom, then the not giving of some convenient quantity upon an ordinary occasion, must needs procure the like punishment, because the disobedience is equal in both cases.