A10933:1363
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 such as deserve well (as Joshuas, and the servants of Cornelius were) let them (I say) be well encouraged and rewarded, which are to be rejoiced in, of their masters, when the other being entertained but to their own, and their masters undoing, or great detriment, shall load both themselves and them with their bellies full of shame and sorrow. Of this argument I spare to speak more here, being as much (and a great deal more) as is like to be regarded, of such as I speak of.
And such as deserue well (as Ioshuas, and the seruants of Cornelius were) let them (I say) be well incouraged and rewarded, which are to be reioyced in, of their masters, when the other being intertained but to their owne, and their masters vndoing, or great detriment, shall load both themselues and them with their bellies full of shame and sorrow. Of this argument I spare to speake more heere, being as much (and a great deale more) as is like to be regarded, of such as I speake of.
Thus we have seen the woeful end of this cursed Abimelech, and of the wicked men of Shechem, who had been the furtherers of him to the mischief 1that he wrought. And after these troublers of the land were taken away, there was peace, and every man left off from the work that Abimelech had drawn him to, and went home to his own place: where first it may be seen, what stir, disquiet, and trouble one vile person may make in the Church or Common-wealth, the Lord so punishing the peoples sin, as partly I noted before in this chapter. Absalom was but one man, but how did he disquiet his father and the whole land? Likewise Sheba the son of Bicry that raised a new commotion against David: and so the Prophet Elijah told Ahab that he troubled all Israel. And so I may say of Achan, and of Kora, and of many other: every of these was but one in his attempts: but each of these, what plagues and mischief wrought they by their several sins, though most of them private persons, to the whole state of the Church and Common-wealth of Israel? If we compare the sins of the whole ⟨p. 506⟩