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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.
Those poor that be idle, that be wasteful, that make themselves poor by carrying the dirty yoke of vice, ale-house haunting, &c. I pray you chastise them, correct them, spare not for their crying. It is no more pity to hear them complain, then to hear a Woolf howl when his foot is taken in a snare. But those that be honest, sober and good, and have not put themselves into this misery, but are put into it by Gods hand. I pray you confirm their hands, help them to such a quantity of relief as may make their lives comfortable, supply their needs, that God may supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. God giveth to some more, to some less, that there ⟨p. 239⟩may be an equality through the bounty of the one, notwithstanding the inequality in gathering. So it should be concerning them of the household of faith, you of the wealthier sort that fear God, should lay all your heads, hands, and hearts together to take such order that the poorer sort of the same place which make care to live well should not be over-much scanted. O that you would do soe? and some amongst you help to stir up others, and to effect the matter, as I do now stir you up all, and would be glad to give you an example of bounty in this kind. No one mans purse can supply the wants of all, but the superfluity of all united would do it abundantly. Why should we not reform a fault which God would not brook no not in Sodom? We have done with four of Sodom's sins.
Those poore that be idle, that be wastfull, that make themselves poore by carrying the dirty yoke of vice, ale-house haunting, &c. I pray you chastize them, correct them, spare not for their crying. It is no more pitty to heare them complaine, then to heare a Woolfe howle when his foot is taken in a snare. But those that be honest, sober and good, and have not put themselves into this misery, but are put into it by Gods hand. I pray you confirme their hands, helpe them to such a quantity of releefe as may make their lives comfortable, supply their needs, that God may supply all your needes according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. God giveth to some more, to some lesse, that there ⟨p. 239⟩may be an equality through the bounty of the one, notwithstanding the inequality in gathering. So it should be concerning them of the houshold of faith, you of the wealthier sort that feare God, should lay all your heads, hands, and hearts together to take such order that the poorer sort of the same place which make care to live well should not be over-much scanted. O that you would doe soe? and some amongst you helpe to stirre up others, and to effect the matter, as I doe now stirre you up all, and would be glad to give you an example of bountie in this kinde. No one mans purce can supply the wants of all, but the superfluity of all united would doe it abundantly. Why should we not reforme a fault which God would not brooke no not in Sodome? We have done with foure of Sodomes sins.