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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.
Learn you maidens to be painful, learn to be courteous, by labour you should keep your bodies in good health, and your minds also free from vices and evil desires, and by courtesy you shall show your selves to be of a good nature, willing to be serviceable, and so shall win love, credit, and good esteem: but an idle churlish person, that makes her self sick by her slothfulness, and by her backwardness to do service, (showing that she is good for nothing but to trick up, and pride her self) becomes loathsome to God and man. Be not idle, be not nice and dainty, be not sour and churlish, these things will cause you to inherit as much disgrace as Rebekah did inherit honour and good will. Let me commend unto you the virtuous example of good Rebekah, dress your selves as it were at her glass, and adorn your selves with her virtues. This Story you may read at large, Gen. 24.15. and so forward read it, consider of it, and take it forth into your lives, and learn to live according to the worthy presidents which the word of God commendeth unto you. The custom of the world, and the corruption of nature will persuade you rather to pride, niceness, slothfulness, and discourtesy, but we must take heed of following our own naughty nature, in the sinful fashions of the world; She is a Christian indeed that is wiling to live according to the Scriptures.
Learne you maidens to be painfull, learne to be curteous, by labour you should keep your bodies in good health, and your mindes also free from vices and evill desires, and by curtesie you shall shew your selves to be of a good nature, willing to be serviceable, and so shall win love, credit, and good esteeme: but an idle churlish person, that makes her selfe sick by her sloathfulnesse, and by her backwardnesse to do service, (shewing that she is good for nothing but to trick up, and pride her selfe) becomes loathsome to God and man. Be not idle, be not nice and dainty, be not sowre and churlish, these things will cause you to inherite as much disgrace as Rebekkah did inherite honour and good will. Let me commend unto you the vertuous example of good Rebekkah, dresse your selves as it were at her glasse, and adorn your selves with her vertues. This Story you may reade at large, Gen. 24.15. and so forward reade it, consider of it, and take it forth into your lives, and learn to live according to the worthy presidents which the word of God commendeth unto you. The custome of the world, and the corruption of nature will perswade you rather to pride, nicenesse, sloathfulnesse, and discurtesie, but we must take heed of following our own naughty nature, in the sinfull fashions of the world; She is a Christian indeed that is wiling to live according to the Scriptures.