A15013:977
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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1Another good thing in this Abimelech is, that so soon as he perceived that Isaac was Rebekkahs husband, and she his wife, he goes to him presently, and tells him, saying, Sure she is thy wife, why then saidst thou, she is my sister, for one of the people might lightly have lien with thy ⟨p. 33⟩wife, and thou shouldst have brought upon us guiltiness. This is a good thing, and agreeable to the commandment of the Law, to tell our brother plainly of his sin. If any man shall do some unlawful thing to our knowledge, we must go and enquire why they did so, and even rebuke them for it by showing them how hurtful or mischievous it was, or might have proved.
1Another good thing in this Abimelech is, that so soone as he perceived that Isaac was Rebekkahs husband, and she his wife, he goes to him presently, and tels him, saying, Sure she is thy wife, why then saidst thou, she is my sister, for one of the people might lightly have lien with thy ⟨p. 33⟩wife, and thou shouldst have brought upon us guiltinesse. This is a good thing, and agreeable to the commandement of the Law, to tell our brother plainly of his sin. If any man shall do some unlawfull thing to our knowledge, we must goe and enquire why they did so, and even rebuke them for it by shewing them how hurtfull or mischievous it was, or might have proved.
- 1Ver. 9. 3. He told Isaac plainly of his fault.
So did another Abimelech, or this same to Abraham before, they therefore have not walked rightly, that if they know any fault by their brother, keep the matter to themselves, and entertain hard conceits of them, but speak no word of reproof or admonition to them. So did Absalom behave himself towards his brother Amnon, when he had sinned in forcing his sister. This proveth, that they do not desire their brothers amending, and that they are more displeased with the person than the sin, and if it be a wrong, with the injury done against themselves, than with the offence done against God. If any of you have thus stored up the faults of another in his breast, to breed alienation of heart, and evil conceits against them, he must humble himself for such uncharitableness: And now, you must learn to be bold and free in this behalf, as Abimelech. Indeed you see him not bitter nor violent, but he is plain and duly round with him; so must we learn to forbear distempered speeches and gestures, but a plain laying open of the fault before the offender, is necessary to bring him to the sight of his fault, and to a free confession, and at least to an outward reformation. Look that you carry your selves thus hereafter to your offending brethren, and if they repent not at the first, do it again and again, till you have brought them to an end or proved them incorrigible.