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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And for the first of these punishments, namely, that God should not expel 1the Canaanites, it is well to be weighed what he meant by it, that we may the better see what a punishment it was: Now his meaning in thus speaking was this: for as much as ye have not stood to your covenant to drive the nations out, but have suffered them to remain there still; neither will I stand to mine, which was but conditionally made with you: so that whereas I promised to be with you, and strengthen you, and to expel them for you as I have begun to do, now I will do so no more. And what will follow of that? even this, that if I do it not, you shall not be able to do it of your selves; for ye are too weak, as ye have good proof. And yet if they be not cast out, they shall remain to your destruction. This the Lord meant by saying that he would not cast them out.
And for the first of these punishments, namely, that God should not expell 1the Canaanites, it is well to bee weighed what he meant by it, that wee may the better see what a punishment it was: Now his meaning in thus speaking was this: for as much as yee haue not stood to your couenant to driue the nations out, but haue suffered them to remaine there still; neither will I stand to mine, which was but conditionally made with you: so that wheras I promised to be with you, and strengthen you, and to expell them for you as I haue begun to doe, now I will doe so no more. And what will follow of that? euen this, that if I doe it not, you shall not be able to doe it of your selues; for ye are too weake, as ye haue good proofe. And yet if they be not cast out, they shall remaine to your destruction. This the Lord meant by saying that he would not cast them out.
- 1The first punishment.
This first punishment teacheth us this; that when we remove not annoyances 1