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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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More particularly Isaacs Faith showed it self by many excellent effects in regard of God. For first, he submitted himself to God, to be offered on the Altar by his Father according to Gods commandment, not making any resistance, because his Father made it manifest unto him, that God had given him a commandment so to offer him. Hard it is to say, whether the obedience of Abraham in being willing to offer his soon, or of Isaac in yielding up ⟨p. 245⟩himself to be offered were greater, for a man doth likely love his life as well as he loveth his child. Now Abraham subdued his love of his son unto God, and Isaac subdued the love of his life to God, both notable patterns of sincere obedience: This example you read in Gen. 22.9. when Abraham and Isaac came to the place which God had appointed, Abraham built an Altar, laid on the wood, and stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Isaac at that time was of such an age, that he might have resisted his Father being old, or have got himself free by flight from him, but he gave up himself into his Fathers hands, or rather into God hand, and yielded his throat to the stroke of the sacrificing knife. Hereby it is apparent, that he began to fear God betime, in that he would not withhold himself from God, as his Father did not withhold his son.
More particularly Isaacs Faith shewed it selfe by many excellent effects in regard of God. For first, he submitted himselfe to God, to be offered on the Altar by his Father according to Gods commandement, not making any resistance, because his Father made it manifest unto him, that God had given him a commandement so to offer him. Hard it is to say, whether the obedience of Abraham in being willing to offer his soone, or of Isaac in yeelding up ⟨p. 245⟩himselfe to be offered were greater, for a man doth likely love his life as well as he loveth his childe. Now Abraham subdued his love of his sonne unto God, and Isaac subdued the love of his life to God, both notable patternes of sincere obedience: This example you reade in Gen. 22.9. when Abraham and Isaac came to the place which God had appointed, Abraham built an Altar, laid on the woode, and stretched forth his hand and tooke the knife to slay his sonne. Isaac at that time was of such an age, that he might have resisted his Father being old, or have got himselfe free by flight from him, but he gave up himselfe into his Fathers hands, or rather into God hand, and yeelded his throate to the stroake of the sacrificing knife. Hereby it is apparent, that he began to feare God betime, in that he would not withhold himselfe from God, as his Father did not withhold his sonne.