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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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Now secondly, when they had entertained envy,1 then they fall to injury; They stopped his Wells, and filled them with dust, viz. The Wells his Father had dug; Lo, a wickedness; to do injury to another, by hurting and hindering him, though ones self can reap no benefit by it. Indeed to do a neighbour hurt in body or goods without just cause (viz. punishing him for some fault by virtue of authority which God hath put into my hand) is a great sin, and against the plain Law that saith, Do as you would be done by, and that Commandment, Be innocent as Doves; but to hurt a man without any profit to himself, this is an high degree of wickedness, and proceeds from nothing else but envy, which is one of the worst kinds of malice. To advantage my self by another mans loss is most unjust, but to hinder another without any advantage to my self, this is a far more palpable and wilful injustice.
Now secondly, when they had entertained envy,1 then they fall to injury; They stopped his Wels, and filled them with dust, viz. The Wells his Father had dugge; Loe, a wickednesse; to doe injury to another, by hurting and hindering him, though ones selfe can reape no benefit by it. Indeed to doe a neighbour hurt in body or goods without just cause (viz. punishing him for some fault by vertue of authority which God hath put into my hand) is a great sinne, and against the plaine Law that saith, Doe as you would be done by, and that Commandement, Bee innocent as Doves; but to hurt a man without any profit to himselfe, this is an high degree of wickednesse, and proceeds from nothing else but envy, which is one of the worst kindes of malice. To advantage my selfe by another mans losse is most unjust, but to hinder another without any advantage to my selfe, this is a farre more palpable and wilfull injustice.
- 1Cha. 26.15. 2. They wronged him.
O call to mind your own ways, have not you walked as crookedly as these men of the Philistine Nation? Stopped up another mans Wells as it were, that is, put your selves to pains to do him damage, to hinder him, though you get nothing by it your selves. This is a plain proof of a man stuffed with envy, and with great wickedness, whereby he loves to do evil, even for the pleasure sake he taketh in doing, not for any other fruit of it. This is to be just like the devil, that seeketh to keep others out of heaven, and to bring them to hell, though it ease not his torments one whit, because it a little satisfieth his stomach. Repent, repent exceedingly, if you have been so devilish.