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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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Now I beseech you reckon betwixt God and your selves! hath not God been as favourable to some of you as to Isaac? so that you have good, virtuous, and dutiful and religious wives, which will help your errors, and cherish your bodies, and do you all the good they can. Hath not he given some of you good and godly children, at least some, or one, and the rest civill and thriving? Hath not he given you a wealthy estate? not so rich as Isaac but even rich enough, I mean so much as will enable you to enjoy your selves in the world, and to pass thorough the world with comfort. Hath not he prospered the work of your hands? and given you roomth, and ⟨p. 264⟩made you increase, yea hath he not made you live a long time to enjoy all these things? If so, let these benefits become matter of praise, let them become arguments of obedience, labour to be truly thankful for them, that you may find them truly beneficial: make a spiritual use of temporal blessings.
Now I b•eseech you reckon betwixt God and your selves! hath not God beene as favourable to some of you as to Isaac? so that you have good, vertuous, and dutifull and religious wives, which will helpe your errors, and cherish your bodies, and doe you all the good they can. Hath not hee given some of you good and godly children, at least some, or one, and the rest civill and thriving? Hath not he given you a wealthy estate? not so rich as Isaac but even rich enough, I meane so much as will inable you to enjoy your selves in the world, and to passe thorough the world with comfort. Hath not he prospered the worke of your hands? and given you roomth, and ⟨p. 264⟩made you increase, yea hath hee not made you live a long time to enjoy all these things? If so, let these benefits become matter of praise, let them become arguments of obedience, labour to be truly thankfull for them, that you may finde them truly beneficiall: make a spirituall use of temporall blessings.
And if any want these things, let him see how rich God is, and let him even trust in him for sufficiency in outward things, and count it enough that it pleaseth God to give him better things as I exhorted before. And if any of Gods people find not these things so granted to himself, let him not take Gods dealing with him in the worst part, let him not ascribe it to want of love to him, but to his wisdom, that seeing him not so capable of these things, doth withdraw from him that thing which he sees would be hurtful unto him. We must not misconstrue Gods forbearing to give outward things. Yea now let all men encourage themselves to be obedient to God, and to fear him as did Isaac, for you see in him that God is ready to reward his servants with great commodities and comforts in this life too. He will not alone save them, but so far as is good, make their estate prosperous here below. That godliness which hath the promise shall also have the performance of good things for this present life and that which is to come. I know, that these be common benefits, but when they come sweetened with Gods blessing, then they are truly comfortable, and so shall they be to him that interests himself to them by getting into Christ, and walking in him in holiness and godly conversation.