A10933:155
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.
But herein I mean in parents providing for their children, (as far as my knowledge reacheth) there is for the most part, no great fault to be found: although indeed, there are some unnatural and hard hearted men, from whom little or nothing can be wrong, (though ability fail them not) till they must leave their goods to be scrambled for by their children with much strife and contention seeing they could never be brought to dispose of them in any reasonable sort while they lived. But to leave these, and ⟨p. 45⟩come again to the other, their fault is twofold otherwise, though the most of them be not to be charged this way, as I have said. The one is, that they get much of their wealth by ill means, which they leave richly to their children at their death, or bestow it as they please upon them in their life. The other is, that they oft put all out of their own hands into their children's, to prefer them in marriage, and setting them up so high, they bring themselves as low. These two evils are very common, and require good looking to, for the amending of them. For the first, it is a sweet coming in of their goods to them which they wring from others by oppression, extortion, violence, or fraud; it is (I say) sweet in the coming in, but as bitter it shall be, (to the full) at the going out.
But herein I meane in parents prouiding for their children, (as farre as my knowledge reacheth) there is for the most part, no great fault to bee found: although indeed, there are some vnnaturall and hard harted men, from whom little or nothing can be wrong, (though ability faile them not) till they must leaue their goods to bee scrambled for by their children with much strife and contention seeing they could neuer bee brought to dispose of them in any reasonable sort while they liued. But to leaue these, and ⟨p. 45⟩come againe to the other, their fault is twofold otherwise, though the most of them be not to be charged this way, as I haue said. The one is, that they get much of their wealth by ill meanes, which they leaue richly to their children at their death, or bestow it as they please vpon them in their life. The other is, that they oft put all out of their owne hands into their childrens, to preferre them in marriage, and setting them vp so high, they bring themselues as low. These two euils are very common, and require good looking to, for the amending of them. For the first, it is a sweet comming in of their goods to them which they wring from others by oppression, extorsion, violence, or fraud; it is (I say) sweet in the comming in, but as bitter it shall bee, (to the full) at the going out.