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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 further note another of the faults of these Ephraimites against Gideon: ⟨p. 382⟩1and that is, that they envied him for the honour he got by the victory. Whereby though they sustained no hurt, neither were the worse but the better, yet they could not bear it, that Gideon should have the glory of it: where we may see a foul property of envy, and what it is. It is a grief and 2sadness for the prosperity of other: and namely, of such as be our equals. For the poor man envieth not the King; he may be grieved that he himself wanteth such good things as the King hath, but that is not envy. And by this we may note the difference between hatred and malice on the one side, and this envy on the other: to this end, as we have heard of the one, so we may in a word of the other. Hatred therefore is a grief conceived against one for some cause, at least, as we think; as Ahab hated Micaiah, because 3he did not prophesy good to him, but evil, as he took it, and the same appeareth also by the contrary, out of these words in holy Scripture: They hated me without a cause.
Now further note another of the faults of these Ephramites against Gedeon: ⟨p. 382⟩1and that is, that they enuied him for the honour he got by the victory. Whereby though they sustained no hurt, neither were the worse but the better, yet they could not beare it, that Gedeon should haue the glory of it: where we may see a foule property of enuie, and what it is. It is a greefe and 2sadnesse for the prosperity of other: and namely, of such as bee our equals. For the poore man enuieth not the King; hee may bee grieued that he himselfe wanteth such good things as the King hath, but that is not enuie. And by this we may note the difference betweene hatred and malice on the one side, and this enuie on the other: to this end, as wee haue heard of the one, so we may in a word of the other. Hatred therefore is a greefe conceiued against one for some cause, at least, as we thinke; as Ahab hated Micaiah, because