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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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Most men forbear sin for fear of punishment, rather then hatred of wickedness, wherefore they must have this fear wrought in them by the Governors, that they may be so restrained, and the Magistrate is to show himself such, that if men do evil they may fear. You Governors have not power to make laws, but you have the care of executing laws entrusted to you, see therefore that you be unpartially, and wisely, and righteously severe in putting the laws in execution which are made to terrify malefactors, else you bring the guilt of their sins upon your own souls, and sin at once against God the supreme Ruler, the Common-wealth, the sinners themselves, and your own souls too.
Most men forbeare sin for feare of punishment, rather then hatred of wickednesse, wherefore they must have this feare wrought in them by the Governours, that they may be so restrained, and the Magistrate is to shew himselfe such, that if men doe evill they may feare. You Governours have not power to make lawes, but you have the care of executing lawes intrusted to you, see therefore that you be unpartially, and wisely, and righteously severe in putting the lawes in execution which are made to terrifie malefactors, else you bring the guilt of their sins upon your owne soules, and sin at once against God the supreame Ruler, the Common-wealth, the sinners themselves, and your own soules too.
1But here by the way, I must observe something that was worthy blame in Isaac, he had too hard a conceit of these Philistines, and thought them worse then he found them; for he conceived they would have killed him for his wives sake: Sure this fear did cast an aspersion not on the men of lower rank, but upon the chief persons and Rulers; but lo, the King is far from doing so wickedly, yea, he doth the quite contrary, and useth due care to prevent this wickedness. We must learn to beware of such rashness, and not think so hardly of others, that they will wrong us in such and such kinds, till we have just ground for such thoughts. A man is to use discretion, and thinking that such whom he knoweth not may happily wrong him, must take such prudent order, that they may not be able though they should be willing; or if he can take no such course, he must leave the matter to Gods providence, but he must not conclude, sure they will wrong me, and so condemn them before he hears them, and turn himself to base shifts for escaping the wrong.