A10933:1131
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Vers. 24. And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his pray; for they had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites. 25. And they answered, We will give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his pray. 26. And the weight of the golden earrings that he required, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, beside, colours and jewels and purple raiment that was on the Kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on their camels necks. 27. And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his city, all Israel went a whoring there after it, which became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Vers. 24. And Gedeon said vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue me euery man the earings of his pray; for they had golden earings because they were Isma•lites. 25. And they answered, We will giue them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray. 26. And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousand and seuen hundred shekels of gold, beside, collors and iewels and purple rayment that was on the Kings of Midian, and besides the chaines that were on their cammels necks. 27. And Gedeon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie, all Israel went a whoring there after it, which became a snare vnto Gedeon, and to his house.
Now after this victory over the Midianites, Gideon desires 1to leave a monument and memorial of is thanks to God for the same, and for the great deliverance of Israel. And thought it meet, that it should be of some value and price; and therefore he seeing the people so affected to him, that they could willingly have agreed to make him their king, he thought they would not stick at a smaller matter, but yield it to him: especially, seeing it was not for his own private, but for their common benefit: and the thing that he asked of them, was their earrings, which were costly, which he obtaining of the people, made of them a Priests upper garment, of great value and richly set forth, called an Ephod, which was to be worn upon their other apparel: and this was the monument which he would have remain as a token of his thankful heart. But it being set up in a place of his city Ophrah, because of the form, and costliness of it, and for that it pertained to the Priests in the service of God, and to religious use, it grew to be worshipped, which (through Gods just judgement justly punishing Idolatry in the posterity following, was the destruction of Gideon and his house; so easily and soon did idolatry and superstition arise up among them again.