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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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Nay I say more, when God shall visit us with sickness or otherwise, or when his word hath in special manner wounded our consciences, and feared 1us with his displeasure for them; yet even then we shall not be able to break off from them, and come out of love with them; they have so strongly and forcibly drawn us after them, even as an husband, a natural man upon his death bed can hardly depart from the wife of his youth, whom he hath dearly loved. And if (as in that case it comes sometimes to pass) if, I say we do cry out of such sins in the anguish of our consciences, or when we think we shall die, (as such afflictions will search deep, and (perhaps) constrain us to utter in our extremity and pain, some confessions of them, and dislikings, and to make purposes, while God holds us (as it were) on the rack with promise and protestation, never to return to them 2any more; yet it shall appear, that even those promises are but wrung from us by force and fear, as Sauls confession was, when he heard he should lose his kingdom. For when Gods heavy hand shall once be off, from wringing and paining either our minds or bodies, we shall be ready to run to our old bias again, as Ahab did after his rash and hasty putting on sackcloth, and to embrace those and the like sins, with as great liking (that I say no more) as we did before.
Nay I say more, when God shall visit vs with sicknesse or otherwise, or when his word hath in speciall manner wounded our consciences, and feared 1vs with his displeasure for them; yet euen then wee shall not be able to breake off from them, and come out of loue with them; they haue so strongly and forcibly drawne vs after them, euen as an husband, a naturall man vpon his death bed can hardly depart from the wife of his youth, whom he hath dearely loued. And if (as in that case it comes sometimes to passe) if, I say wee doe crie out of such sinnes in the anguish of our consciences, or when we thinke we shall die, (as such afflictions will search deepe, and (perhaps) constraine vs to vtter in our extremity and paine, some confessions of them, and dislikings, and to make purposes, while God holds vs (as it were) on the racke with promise and protestation, neuer to returne to them 2