A15013:789
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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O that we could approve our Faith by the like effects of it, even by a willing yielding of our lives to him when he doth call for them, and not refuse to die if he should call us unto it for his commandments sake. God is the author and Lord of our lives, and nothing is more agreeable to reason, then that we should be content to give up life and all into his hands, from whom we have received life and all things. And surely in this case it shall be proved true, which our Lord Jesus telleth in the Gospel,1 whosoever will loose his life shall save it. As Isaac was partaker of that great blessing wherewith the Lord rewarded Abraham for his obedience in offering of his son, saying, in blessing I will bless thee,2 and in multiplying I will multiply thee. Neither Father nor son you see were losers, by yielding up the one his son, the other his life into the hands of God. But contrarily, he that will save his life shall undoubtedly loose his life, for he must necessarily die at some other time as all other men, and then his soul shall be lost together with his life, because he loved not God better then his life, and he that hateth not his own life in comparison of God, shall not be counted worthy of him.
O that we could approve our Faith by the like effects of it, even by a willing yeelding of our lives to him when he doth call for them, and not refuse to die if he should call us unto it for his commandements sake. God is the author and Lord of our lives, and nothing is more agreeable to reason, then that we should be content to give up life and all into his hands, from whom we have received life and all things. And surely in this case it shall be proved true, which our Lord Jesus telleth in the Gospell,1 whosoever will loose his life shall save it. As Isaac was partaker of that great blessing wherewith the Lord rewarded Abraham for his obedience in offering of his sonne, saying, in blessing I will blesse thee,2 and in multiplying I will multiply thee. Neither Father nor sonne you see were loosers, by yeelding up the one his sonne, the other his life into the hands of God. But contrarily, hee that will save his life shall undoubtedly loose his life, for he must necessarily die at some other time as all other men, and then his soule shall be lost together with his life, because he loved not God better then his life, and he that hateth not his owne life in comparison of God, shall not be counted worthy of him.