A10933:170
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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VERS. 17. But Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they show the Canaanites, that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it, and called the name of the city Hormah. 18. Also Judah took Azzah with the coasts thereof, and Ashkelon with the coasts thereof, and Ekron with the coasts thereof. 19. And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains: for he could not drive out the Inhabitants of the valleys, because they had chariots of iron.
VERS. 17. But Iuda went with Simeon his brother, and they shew the Canaanites, that inhabited Zephath, and vtterly destroyed it, and called the name of the city Hormah. 18. Also Iuda tooke Azzah with the coastes thereof, and Ashkelon with the coastes thereof, and Ekron with the coastes thereof. 19. And the Lord was with Iudah, and he possessed the mountaines: for hee could not driue out the Inhabitants of the valleyes, because they had chariots of iron.
Now this 16. verse of the Kenites being spoken of, we are come to an end 1of the long repetition of the acts of Judah, done in the time Joshua, mentioned from the 8. verse to this 16. which was, as we heard interlaced, and here the holy Ghost returneth to Simeon and Judah, and proceedeth in these two verses, to set down other acts of theirs after Joshua's death, as he began to do in the beginning of this chapter unto the 8. verse, and showeth how they destroyed another city of the Canaanites Zephath by name: and that they took more cities besides which were after, as by their names here set down, we know, possessed of the Philistines. Now it is to be noted, that they wasted some of the cities utterly by fire, as Hazor and Jericho, and so they dealt with this here mentioned. Zephath: whereas they inhabited others of them. Why they dealt so with this, it is not set down, but they did as they were commanded. We are sure it was, that God might show his kindness to Israel, when some of them were utterly subverted, where greatest danger was to be feared: and to testify his severity and his justice to such of his enemies; and therefore it is not for any to cry out of it as cruelty, which the righteous God saw meet to be done.