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A commentary upon the whole book of Judges Preached first and delivered in sundry…A commentary vpon the vvhole booke of Iudges Preached first and deliuered in sundrie…
A commentary upon the whole book of Judges Preached first and delivered in sundry lectures; since collected, and diligently perused, and now published. For the benefit generally of all such as desire to grow in faith and repentance, and especially of them, who would more clearly understand and make use of the worthy examples of the saints, recorded in divine history. Penned by Richard Rogers preacher of Gods word at Wethersfield in Essex.A commentary vpon the vvhole booke of Iudges Preached first and deliuered in sundrie lectures; since collected, and diligently perused, and now published. For the benefit generally of all such as desire to grow in faith and repentance, and especially of them, who would more cleerely vnderstand and make vse of the worthie examples of the saints, recorded in diuine history. Penned by Richard Rogers preacher of Gods word at Wethersfield in Essex.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1615
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Sermon 50 › Chapter 8 › Part 1: The first part of the Chapter.
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Now yet these Ephraimites show many foul faults in this action of contending 1with their governor and deliverer of them, as unthankfulness, expostulating with him without a cause & then their dissimulation, who feign themselves to have been willing to have gone to war with him, and yet would not, when they might have done: and when did they this? even when they saw the danger of the war to be past and over, and that now honour was given to Gideon for that which he had done: whereas they had been as ready (if he had lost the victory) to have (much more) cast that in his teeth.
Now yet these Ephramites shew many foule faults in this action of contending 1with their gouernour and deliuerer of them, as vnthankfulnes, expostulating with him without a cause & then their dissimulation, who faine themselues to haue been willing to haue gone to warre with him, and yet would not, when they might haue done: and when did they this? euen when they saw the danger of the warre to bee past and ouer, and that now honour was giuen to Gedeon for that which he had done: whereas they had been as ready (if hee had lost the victory) to haue (much more) cast that in his teeth.
- 1The faults of the Ephraimites in this first verse, and first their unthankfulness.The faults of the Ephramites in this first verse, and first their vnthankfulnes.
To prosecute these a little more particularly: their unthankfulness first 1was great, and the injury which he sustained thereby, who ought to have been much honoured of them for his industry and labour, and highly accounted off by them for the same: but if so be their unthankfulness was so great towards him in this, what manner of behaviour (think we) would they have used if they had sustained any wrong or violence at his hands, who deal thus undutifully, nay rudely, and rebelliously with them, and yet having received so great a deliverance by his means? and so picking matter of quarrel out of a good turn and benefit? But as we may note the unthankfulness of men when yet they have just cause to show the contrary duty, (as may be seen in many, and namely in Absalom to his father, whom when he had delivered from death justly deserved, he sought his fathers life, and to get away his kingdom also from him:) so we may by this unkind recompense they gave to Gideon for the famous act that he wrought for their ease and peace; we, I say, who shall gratify men, may learn our duty thereby, and that is this, that we were not best, neither ought we to look for our reward and commendation for well doing any manner of way from men, but to rest in this, that God knoweth our works, and it is enough, that we are sure, that from him we shall receive our reward: according