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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
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Sermon 7 › Chapter 1 › Part 2: The second part of the Chapter.
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Now seeing they had a precise commandment from God to expel the 1Jebusites, thence it was their sin that they did it not: the least that they may be charged with, was sloth and negligence, and the seeking of their own ease, which to do in things forbidden, is most dangerous.
Now seeing they had a precise commandement from God to expell the 1Iebusites, thence it was their sinne that they did it not: the least that they may be charged with, was slouth and negligence, and the seeking of their owne ease, which to doe in things forbiden, is most dangerous.
- 1Doct. vers. 21.
By this then we see the evil that slothfulness and ease seeking bringeth, to wit this: that itself holdeth a man from obeying God, though there should be nothing else to do it. And that is when, for the ease and pleasure which is taken therein, men dull the edge of courage and forwardness to good duties, which was in them before: such an one is the slothful, whose words are these; A lion is in the way, meaning thereby, that he cannot labour, 1even as a man in a sweet slumber is most unwilling to be awaked. This sloth is a sweet poison: keep from it he that can, but he that doth not, it will slay him, as Solomon saith; As the common sluggard doth loath and shun 2labour, and therefore loveth to be doing any trifling thing, rather then to work, and be well occupied, so doth he that is slow in the duties of Gods service; he lets them pass and omits the opportunity of doing them, which ought much to be regarded. For as a word spoken in season, is much worth, even like apples of gold and pictures of silver, even so is an act or deed done in due