A10933:1414
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.
And so he terrifies many at their first conversion with the feeling of his wrath and heavy displeasure justly kindled against them, for the odiousness ⟨p. 522⟩and detestation of their lives past, so that they fall into a kind of despair, as the people in the Acts did at Peters sermon, saying: Men and brethren what 1shall we do? And yet a little before, they made light of their sins, which then so pricked their consciences, and had no sense of them. By all this that hath been said of this matter, we may gather, what manner of thing sin is, if it appear in the proper colours of it, and as it is indeed; to wit, the most 2fearful of all things. Many think this true that I say, of murder, adultery, idolatry, and such like. But the truth that I have uttered, is verified of other sins also, which yet seem less odious: as of anger, impatience, worldliness, distrust, tetchiness, pride of heart, sloth and idleness, the lewdness of the eye, self-love, deceiving, revenge, and the rest whatsoever they be, if they come clearly to the conscience to be felt and duly considered.
And so he terrifies many at their first conuersion with the feeling of his wrath and heauy displeasure iustly kindled against them, for the odiousnesse ⟨p. 522⟩and detestation of their liues past, so that they fall into a kind of despaire, as the people in the Acts did at Peters sermon, saying: Men and brethren what 1shall we doe? And yet a little before, they made light of their sinnes, which then so pricked their consciences, and had no sense of them. By all this that hath been said of this matter, we may gather, what manner of thing sinne is, if it appeare in the proper colours of it, and as it is indeed; to wit, the most 2fearefull of all things. Many thinke this true that I say, of murther, adulterie, idolatrie, and such like. But the truth that I haue vttered, is verified of other sins also, which yet seeme lesse odious: as of anger, impatience, worldlinesse, distrust, tetchinesse, pride of heart, sloth and idlenesse, the leaudnes of the eie, self-loue, deceiuing, reuenge, and the rest whatsoeuer they be, if they come clearely to the conscience to be felt and duly considered.