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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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And secondly I answer, that the greatest evil must be suffered rather than the smallest sin committed, and the attaining of the greatest benefit, cannot countervail the committing of the least sin, and that man doth not truly know either God, or sin, or the world, or himself, that doth not yield to these truths.
And secondly I answer, that the greatest evill must be suffered rather than the smallest sin committed, and the attaining of the greatest benefit, cannot countervaile the committing of the least sin, and that man doth not truly know either God, or sin, or the world, or himselfe, that doth not yeeld to these truths.
1So you have this fault of Rebekkahs, another is, that she was too much troubled at her evil daughters in law, and was weary of life because of them. This is a fault, to make crosses too too heavy our selves, to be so distempered with them, so, as to become weary of life because of them, yea, it is a fault found in those that were truly religious, and godly; Elijah would fain have parted with his soul, because of the troubles which he met withal, he desired to die, saith the Story,2 and said, It is enough, Now Lord take away my soul from me, for I am no better than my Fathers. Moses would fain have dyed too, when the people murmured against him, and he pours forth his grief before God in these words, If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me now, kill me if I have found favour in thine eyes, and let me not see mine evil. Sometimes you find good men desirous to escape death, and crying, Lord save me from the hands of mine enemies, and sometimes again even covetous of it, and crying with vehemency again and again, kill me Lord, kill me, and if thou lovest me, kill me. Job was exceeding desirous to die,3 and said, He would seek for it as for gold, yea, and fine gold, So you perceive that mans nature is prone to wax weary of living, because of affliction, and that this is a fault, and a weakness, is evident. It is an act of ingratitude, because a man considers not as well the good he enjoyeth, as the evil, for if he would reckon well, he doth always receive more good at Gods hand in this life, than evil, but as one bitter morsel causeth that the mouth tasteth nothing almost but bitterness, though it have before received many dainty morsels, so it is with us in this case.