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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.
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.
NOw this 16. verse of the Kenites being spoken of, we are come to an end 1of the long repetition of the actes of Iudah, done in the time Ioshua, mentioned frō the 8. verse to this 16. which was, as we heard interlaced, and here the holy Ghost returneth to Simeon and Iudah, and proceedeth in these two verses, to set downe other actes of theirs after Ioshuahs death, as he began to doe in the beginning of this chapter vnto the 8. verse, and sheweth how they destroyed another city of the Canaanites Zephath by name: and that they tooke more cityes besides which were after, as by their names here sett downe, we know, possessed of the Philistines. Now it is to be noted, that they wasted some of the cityes vtterly by fire, as Hazor and Iericho, and so they delt with this here mentioned. Zephath: whereas they inhabited others of them. Why they delt so with this, it is not sett downe, but they did as they were commanded. We are sure it was, that God might shew his kindnesse to Israel, when some of them were vtterly subuerted, where greatest danger was to be feared: and to testifie his seueritie and his iustice to such of his enemies; and therefore it is not for any to crie out of it as crueltie, which the righteous God saw meet to be done.