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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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So many as are guilty of utter omitting this duty, let them bewail and confess this sin of omission, and now learn all that would build up themselves in godliness, to be constant in it: Be not discouraged at your imperfections and manifold distractions, and great averseness, All things of this nature are most difficult at the first, who reads well at the first going to school? who writes well at the first setting of pen to paper. It is exercise that must perfect our abilities in all such things, begin and continue, and be not out of heart for failings, which the Lord will easily and graciously pass by, and you shall find the thing more and more easy and more and more comfortable.
So many as are guilty of utter omitting this duty, let them bewaile and confesse this sinne of omission, and now learne all that would build up themselves in godlinesse, to be constant in it: Be not discouraged at your imperfections and manifold distractions, and great aversenesse, All things of this nature are most difficult at the first, who reades well at the first going to schoole? who writes well at the first setting of pen to paper. It is exercise that must perfect our abilities in all such things, begin and continue, and be not out of heart for failings, which the Lord will easily and gratiously passe by, and you shall finde the thing more and more easie and more and more comfortable.
1Another particular thing in Isaac was, that he was one which feared God, his heart stood in awe of God, he durst not offend nor cross him, nor oppose himself unto his good pleasure. So it is noted, Gen. 27.33. that when he had unwittingly blessed Jacob, and Esau came in after him, he feared exceedingly, and would not reverse that blessing, but said, I have blessed him and he shall be blessed, and therefore, Gen. 31.53. Jacob sweareth by the fear of his Father Isaac, that is, that God whom his Father feared, as in his whole life, so especially at that time when he had newly blessed him; Isaac calling to mind that God had given the blessing to Jacob, saying, the elder shall serve the younger, and that he had carelessly and fondly gone about to transfer the blessing to Esau, out of his carnal indulgence unto him because he was the elder, was much afraid to think what a sin he had committed against God, and so was restrained from being bold to persist in that carnal purpose, but submitting his will to Gods, he ratifies that blessing, which he had ignorantly pronounced, therefore it is said,