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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 79 › Chapter 15 › Part 1: The first part of the Chapter.
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Touching such rage and madness I have said somewhat heretofore, to discredit it, and dissuade men from it: both by showing the hideous face thereof, and the cursed fruits issuing therefrom. As who beholding Lamech in his fury and outrage, and hearing the terror of his words, would not abhor 1him and his qualities? And yet there remain among us men of no better disposition, (though they will not speak so plainly as Lamech did) who could in their rancour eat the very heart of their enemy with garlic, as the saying is: and yet nourish this serpent in their bosoms still, and fight not against it with the sword of the Spirit, nor confess themselves to be beasts for their yielding so far, whereby their whole Christianity is called into question.
Touching such rage and madnes I haue said somewhat heretofore, to discredit it, and disswade men from it: both by shewing the hideous face therof, and the cursed fruites issuing therefrom. As who beholding Lamech in his furie and outrage, and hearing the terrour of his words, would not abhorre 1him and his qualities? And yet there remaine among vs men of no better disposition, (though they will not speake so plainly as Lamech did) who could in their rancour eate the very heart of their enemie with garlicke, as the saying is: and yet nourish this serpent in their bosomes still, and fight not against it with the sword of the Spirit, nor confesse themselues to bee beasts for their yeelding so farre, whereby their whole Christianitie is called into question.
But another thing in this verse is not to be omitted, that whereas Samsons 1wife being threatened by her neighbours before, that they would burn her, except she told them the meaning of the riddle; she (as we have heard) to avoid the danger, did tell it them, to the grief and great hurt of her husband; and yet now behold, she could not avoid it, but by the Philistines was burned for all that. For by and for her telling the riddle to her people, she was saved from burning, but Samson went from her, and for that her father gave her to another to wife: for that, Samson spoiled the Philistines corn and commodities; and for that cause they burned her and her father; and so the riddle, the declaring whereof saved her life, the same was the occasion of losing it. Even so, that which she sought before by unlawful means and shifts to shun, I mean burning; by the same unlawful shifts she procured it. And so it was with Josephs brethren, when they sought to be