A10933:1743
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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Sermon 72 › Chapter 13 › Part 3: The third part of the Chapter.
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The other part of his answer is this, that he would not eat, if he should 1provide for him, because he was no man (as Manoah took him to be) and therefore had no need to eat. For though sometime the Angels of God did eat, as with Abraham and Lot, and did put on the shape of men when they had some message of God to do, and so tarried the longer, yet here the Angel having done that he came for, and so hastening to depart, refused to eat, seeing it was needless.
The other part of his answere is this, that he would not eate, if he should 1prouide for him, because he was no man (as Manoah tooke him to be) and therefore had no need to eate. For though sometime the Angels of God did eate, as with Abraham and Lot, and did put on the shape of men when they had some message of God to doe, and so tarried the longer, yet here the Angell hauing done that he came for, and so hastning to depart, refused to eate, seeing it was needlesse.
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In this speech the Angel teacheth this, that the creatures of God ought 1not to be spent needlessly, but received for necessary use: even as our Saviour taught long since, that the broken meat and fragments should not be 2cast away, which were left after the people had been satisfied. And this commendeth frugality and honest sparing, as it condemneth the prodigal lavishing and wasting that many stroy goods do use, who fat their dogs, and famish the poor, for whom broken meat should be reserved. But of this I shall say more afterward God willing.
In this speech the Angell teacheth this, that the creatures of God ought