A10933:1585
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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Besides in this verse, in that Jephthah said, his daughter troubled him, and yet it was by no ill behaviour, let it be an instruction for children, that they 1had not need to be crosses to their parents, by looseness and disobedience: for their parents are many ways grieved by them in other respects; as to see them crossed and brought behind hand in the world, by poverty, or for that they thrive not in their outward estate, so for their other sundry troubles that befall them: and with these, when they look to have them the staff of their old age, then if they see them taken away by death, or crossed by their awke and bad matches; if then they also with the like to these shall vex them in their life, how can they choose but bring their grey hairs with sorrow to their grave? Monsters therefore and unnatural children are they, who knowing that from their very conception & birth, they are occasions of grief and heaviness of heart, to their parents many ways, who take ⟨p. 579⟩thought for them also afterward in every part of their life, how to bring them up and provide for them, monsters (I say) they are who do yet add more heart smart, and greater grief to them by their unruliness, stoutness, loftiness of mind, riot, ill spending their time, and goods with lewd companions, and many other evil ways, even so many as who can reckon them up? But this point hath been diversly occasioned already, and more directly concerns the 36. verse following.
Besides in this verse, in that Iphtah said, his daughter troubled him, and yet it was by no ill behauiour, let it be an instruction for children, that they 1had not need to be crosses to their parents, by loosenes and disobedience: for their parents are many waies grieued by them in other respects; as to see them crossed and brought behinde hand in the world, by pouertie, or for that they thriue not in their outward estate, so for their other sundrie troubles that befall them: and with these, when they looke to haue them the staffe of their old age, then if they see them taken away by death, or crossed by their awke and bad matches; if then they also with the like to these shall vexe them in their life, how can they chuse but bring their gray haires with sorrow to their graue? Monsters therefore and vnnaturall children are they, who knowing that from their very conception & birth, they are occasions of griefe and heauinesse of heart, to their parents many waies, who take