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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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As for Eve she also consisted of a body,1 and that was made not of earth, but of a bone of her husband, to instruct her and him both of their duty, that she should acknowledge her subjection unto ⟨p. 4⟩him as being taken out of him, and helpful to him as being made of a rib an helpful bone in his side, and to instruct him that he should account her dear unto him and make precious reckoning of her, using her as in a manner his equal, as being a piece of himself and extracted from his own side. Now a woman also hath a soul, an immortal spirit to make her a living and a reasonable creature; for where sin is found there is a reasonable soul, because none other is capable of knowing and consequently transgressing a law made by God, but woman was in the Transgression, that is, she sinned, and sinned first before Adam, 2therefore she had a soul and a reasonable soul, and they seem to have been wilfully blind, that whether out of the silence of God in not mentioning the breathing of a soul into Eve, or upon what other mad conceit would needs make themselves and others believe that women had no souls. I conceive it was the device of some brutish and sensual man, that by instilling this most absurd conceit into that Sex, would fain draw them to commit all licentiousness with boldness, for if they have no souls it could be no fault in them more then in the brute creatures to give over themselves to all sensuality and libidinousness. You have heard Mans beginning know now his life, and herein consider his behaviour and the things that befell him;3 his behaviour bad, good, indifferent, doubtful.
As for Evah shee also consisted of a body,1 and that was made not of earth, but of a bone of her husband, to instruct her and him both of their duty, that shee should acknowledge her subjection unto ⟨p. 4⟩him as being taken out of him, and helpefull to him as being made of a rib an helpfull bone in his side, and to instruct him that he should account her deare unto him and make precious reckoning of her, using her as in a manner his equall, as being a peece of himselfe and extracted from his own side. Now a woman also hath a soule, an immortall spirit to make her a living and a reasonable creature; for where sin is found there is a reasonable soule, because none other is capable of knowing and consequently transgressing a law made by God, but woman was in the Transgression, that is, shee sinned, and sinned first before Adam,