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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
Example 17: THE SEVENTEENTH EXAMPLE.Example 17: THE SEVENTENTH EXAMPLE.
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.
THE SEVENTEENTH EXAMPLE.
THE SEVENTENTH EXAMPLE.
OF ESAU.
OF ESAV.
WE are now to handle the example of Esau: He was a twin, Jacob being the other twin: We must treat of his birth, life, and death.
WEE are now to handle the example of Esau: Hee was a twin, Iacob being the other twin: We must treate of his birth, life, and death.
First, for his birth,1 we are informed that he was the son of Isaac, and of Rebekah the wife of Isaac, daughter of Bethuel, by his wife Milcah. Which Bethuel was son of Nachor, the brother of Abraham. He was borne in the year of the world 2108, as some think; and as others, in the year 2168. and after the flood, as some think 512. and as others, 562. for there is 60. years difference in chronology, because of the doubt about Abraham's birth. Now the manner of his birth was this, as the Scriptures relate,