A10933:1148
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.
Look upon the young man to whom Solomon speaketh, who rejoiced, 1as if he should never be old, nor mee•e with worse cheer, then jollity and mirth: was it not told him, he should come to judgement? And what better end of his delicious life found the rich man in the Gospel, then torments? And 2thus I might heap up examples infinitely, both out of the Scripture, and out of our own experience, of them who had gotten much here, and they were many in number in all ages that did thus, as the Midianites (of whom I now speak) and were for their greatness, and in their time, the talk of the world, yet having no sure hold of heaven, nor part in other happiness then transitory, came to naught, and were worse then nothing; so as one may say of them, as Christ said of Judas, It had been good for them that they had never been borne. Therefore I conclude: blessed is the man that hath an eye to the end of his actions, and of all things which he beholdeth here under the sun: and so dealeth, that he may find and enjoy thereby a good end of his life: therefore when the holy Ghost to the Hebrews commended the faith of some, he willeth the reader to consider what hath bin the end of the conversation 3of such. And the Psalmist sendeth us to the end of the godly; Mark (saith he) the end of the righteous, for the end of him is peace. But for these that ⟨p. 427⟩4will be merry otherwise, howsoever they go to work, their end will be in 5heaviness, according to the words of our Saviour, Woe be to you that now 6laugh, for ye shall howl and weep.
Looke vpon the young man to whom Salomon speaketh, who reioyced, 1as if he should neuer be old, nor meee with worse cheare, then iollitie and mirth: was it not told him, he should come to iudgement? And what better end of his delicious life found the rich man in the Gospell, then torments? And