A10933:1598
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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Which may teach our youth, and particularly the maidens of our age, to 1learn this point of obedience of her; namely not to be their own carvers, to cut out their liberty to themselves, while they be under the government and authority of their parents or other; to go where they list, and to think themselves too good to crave leave, especially, for their lawful going forth: which to do agreeth not with stout and lofty stomachs, and therefore the ⟨p. 584⟩most of them, going commonly to such places, & to such ends, as they wish afterward that they had stayed at home, do with shame and sorrow, reap the just fruit of their disobedience: whereas by craving leave they might have been answered by them with whom they should have consulted, that such goings forth had not been for their good, and so might have been stayed at home with safety. And if she asked leave for her going abroad, how much more would she have asked it in more weighty cases? But this is a branch of the general duty of obedience, whereof much hath been said in Chap. 1. and elsewhere. Only this we may wonder at, that the daughter of Jephthah, a man ignorant (no doubt) and unacquainted with many things, concerning the will of God; and therefore none of the fittest to season his children with religion, (especially considering his banishment, and manner of living) that she (I say) should yet attain to this excellent courage, and show so rare a pattern of obedience, as that few mens example in the Scripture may compare with her in the one: but assuredly, the greatest part 2of the children of the most careful and religious parents (for all their knowledge) come far short of her in the other. But where grace is, there nature and sex is not to be respected: that which the Author to the Hebrews saith, That by faith many waxed strong, is truly verified in this worthy damsel, 3among the rest.
Which may teach our youth, and particularly the maidens of our age, to 1learne this point of obedience of her; namely not to bee their owne caruers, to cut out their liberty to themselues, while they be vnder the gouernment and authoritie of their parents or other; to go where they list, and to thinke themselues too good to craue leaue, especially, for their lawfull going forth: which to doe agreeth not with stout and loftie stomackes, and therefore the