A10933:1944
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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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 2rid of him, because of his dreams of such honour that he should have above them, which he told them of, and they in no wise could abide it, and therefore they sold him into a far country: even thereby they brought him to that honour, clean contrary to their minds and liking, as is clear in the 3story.
But another thing in this verse is not to be omitted, that whereas Samsons 1wife being threatned by her neighbours before, that they would burne her, except she told them the meaning of the riddle; she (as wee haue heard) to auoid the danger, did tell it them, to the griefe and great hurt of her husband; and yet now behold, she could not auoide it, but by the Philistims was burned for all that. For by and for her telling the riddle to her people, she was saued from burning, but Samson went from her, and for that her father gaue her to another to wife: for that, Samson spoyled the Philistims corne and commodities; and for that cause they burned her and her father; and so the riddle, the declaring whereof saued her life, the same was the occasion of losing it. Euen so, that which shee sought before by vnlawfull meanes and shifts to shunne, I meane burning; by the same vnlawfull shifts she procured it. And so it was with Iosephs brethren, when they sought to be