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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
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.
I beseech you take pains to help your selves against the fear of death, and to work in your hearts so truly courageous a temper, that though it should present it self to you naked and without disguise, and that suddenly, and that in show unpreventably, yet you might be so constant and so settled as not to betake your selves unto any sinful means of escape, but rather choose to die then to sin against God, as knowing death to be no great matter, but sin to be an hateful thing and worse by far then death. And how should this undaunted and spiritual fortitude be attained but by conversing with death often in your thoughts? so as to get some good assurance, that it shall not be able to carry you to the region of darkness to eternal death, but alone to let you out of this dungeon into a room far more lightsome and blissful. He that thinks much of death, so as to make himself careful by frequent renewing of his repentance and amendment of his life, to get his salvation assured to himself, shall at last be happily armed against the fear of death, and shall be made so resolute as to choose rather to die then sin.
I beseech you take paines to helpe your selves against the feare of death, and to worke in your hearts so truly couragious a temper, that though it should present it selfe to you naked and without disguise, and that suddenly, and that in shew unpreventably, yet you might be so constant and so setled as not to betake your selves unto any sinfull meanes of escape, but rather choose to die then to sinne against God, as knowing death to be no great matter, but sinne to be an hatefull thing and worse by farre then death. And how should this undaunted and spirituall fortitude be attained but by conversing with death often in your thoughts? so as to get some good assurance, that it shall not be able to carry you to the region of darknesse to eternall death, but alone to let you out of this dungeon into a roome farre more lightsome and blisfull. He that thinkes much of death, so as to make himselfe carefull by frequent renewing of his repentance and amendment of his life, to get his salvation assured to himselfe, shall at last be happily armed against the feare of death, and shall be made so resolute as to choose rather to die then sinne.