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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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It is further added in this verse, that while the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, the Lord was with them, which seeing it is here added, I will say somewhat of it, though I have spoken thereof before by another occasion. Now this house of Joseph, thus going about the work that God had commanded them, is said to have God with them in their work; for so he had promised. Which teacheth, that this assurance we have from him, that if we attempt ought by his commandment, he hath set his seal to it, that we shall have success and prosper in our work. So was it said to Joshua in his first going against the Canaanites, I will be with thee, and he believed and 1prospered even so, these and the like promises of God being believed of us, are our comfort, and thereby we learn experience how to do the like for the time to come, in what work soever the Lord shall employ us. This would make men use their callings not so as they should be burdens to them, but recreation, going merrily to their work as they may with Gods good allowance, and leaving it of with fitness to other good duties, as prayer, reading, singing, meditating, &c. If this were believed, men should be free from the plodding and distracting cares of the ungodly, who make their lives wearisome by distrust of Gods providence, fearing they shall beg ere they dye, &c. and from the moiling and toiling labour of such as tire themselves with their callings. For God gives rest to his beloved, as David saith, Psalm. 127. 2. 2And from this temporary rest, he will in due time, translate them to eternal rest. All which I say, not only to the denouncing sharply and heavily against the common professors of the Gospel, who will believe God no further then they see him; but also to the just reproving of those, who have obtained of him to believe in deed, that they shall have eternal life, and yet ⟨p. 61⟩their particular trials, in which they are taught to depend upon him, and to cleave to his promises made and granted out unto them to that very end, that they should do so, they yet stagger and doubt, as if they had never had faith. He that desireth to hear more of Gods being with his, let him read 3