A10933:1362
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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And as we have heard that it is commonly so with the vilest persons at their death, as it hath been in their life; so it were good wisdom for ⟨p. 505⟩us to seek the Lord while he may be found, in the days of our youth, lest if 1we should not go about it till death, it should not be a sound turning to God, but in mood and passion, by violence and in fear only gone about: and who knoweth not that late repentance is dangerous? And so let them rejoice and bless God, who have made the Lord chief with them in their young years, and have counted his service perfect freedom, such shall not need to fear that God will frown upon them, and forsake them in their age, or at their death, but (as many have done) shall rejoice most for this, that they made the Gospel their solace in their life time, and Gods favour their portion and joy, and would not for all the riches of the ungodly, have done otherwise: for so they should have been then utterly to seek how to be saved. Oh one sweet fruit of a godly life (beside many other enjoyed before) is a most Christian and comfortable death: so saith the Psalmist; Mark the end of the righteous, and ye shall see that the end of such a man 2is peace. As for Abimelechs Page, he was as he had been trained by him, one fit to serve him only in evil. Like master, like man; such an one, as hath many followers, of which sort of hangbies few under such masters, as themselves be, few of them are (I say) found to come to good. But both of them, desperate, rash, murderous, and fraught with such sins as commonly accompany these. Yea, and yet such hold up their heads in the world, for whom, who seeth not but that the prison is fitter, where they may be kept from doing mischief, rather then to commit many lewd parts at liberty abroad. But seeing such are past admonition taking, let them that are teachable, learn to take such servants to be near at hand to them, who may in danger give advice to them, if need be, as Naamans servants did, to the preserving of 3his health, rather then to be as too many are, that is to say, furtherers of their utter undoing or death.
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