A10933:1838
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. 8. And he went down and talked with the woman those things that were pleasing in the eyes of Samson. 9. And within a few days when he returned to receive her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarming of Bees, and honey in the body of the lion. 10. And he took thereof in his hands, and went eating, and came to his father and his mother and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion. 11. So his father went down unto the woman, and Samson made there a feast: for so used the young men to do. 12. And when they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him. Then Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: and if you can declare it me within seven days of the feast, and find it out, I will give you thirty sheets, and thirty change of garments.
Vers. 8. And he went downe and talked with the woman those things that were pleasing in the eyes of Samson. 9. And within a few daies when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to see the carkeis of the lion: and behold, there was a swarming of Bees, and hony in the body of the lion. 10. And he tooke thereof in his hands, ond went eating, and came to his father and his mother and gaue vnto them, and they did eate: but he told not them that he had taken the hony out of the body of the lion. 11. So his father went downe vnto the woman, and Samson made there a feast: for so vsed the young men to doe. 12. And when they saw him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him. Then Samson said to them, I will now put foorth a riddle vnto you: and if you can declare it me within seuen daies of the feast, and finde it out, I will giue you thirtie sheetes, and thirtie change of garments.
Now it followeth according to the division made in the second verse of 1this second part of this Chapter, how Samson went to agree with the woman, and his father and mother with him, as we heard they did in the seventh verse: and that his father, when they came thither, did that which pleased him in concluding the match with her. For that is the sense of this first of these verses: to wit, that where it is said, he did speak the things that pleased Samson, we should understand that to be meant of his father, that he talked with the woman to the good contentment and liking of his son: also here is showed, what fell out at this their next going up in the way when he went to receive her, and this to the 11. verse.