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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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This being thus answered, now I proceed to the second point in this first 1part of the chapter, and that is the fruit of the sermon that the people reaped by it, which was repentance, and that is set down in these two verses, not in express words, but by signs thereof, and those are set down to be three. The first was, that they lifted up their voice; the second, they wept; the third, they offered sacrifice. By the lifting up of their voice, we can conceive no other thing, but that they heartily confessed their sins, and cried out of them, which they heard to have been reproved by Gods messenger, and craved pardon of them, accusing themselves. They being guided therein by God, as the Prophet Hosea in his time taught the people, that in repenting they should take to them words, as well as to have a good heart. By their weeping, they signified deep grief conceived for displeasing God, and provoking his wrath against them. And their weeping was so great, that the place took the name thereof, and was called Bochim, that is, a place of weepers, and by their sacrifice they declared their faith, that their sin was pardoned. For the sacrifices were shadows of Christs death; and they in offering them, believed as the fathers of those times did, they constantly believed (I say) that all their sins were forgiven by the death of Christ, resembled by the offering of them. To the which also there is no doubt, but that they added thanks, as the Lord directed the people in Hosea to do in 2the repentance which he required of them; which also was resembled by their peace offerings.
This being thus answered, now I proceed to the second point in this first 1part of the chapter, and that is the fruit of the sermon that the people reaped by it, which was repentance, and that is set downe in these two verses, not in expresse words, but by signes thereof, and those are set downe to bee three. The first was, that they lifted vp their voice; the second, they wept; the third, they offered sacrifice. By the lifting vp of their voice, wee can conceiue no other thing, but that they heartily confessed their sinnes, and cried out of them, which they heard to haue been reproued by Gods messenger, and craued pardon of them, accusing themselues. They being guided therein by God, as the Prophet Hosea in his time taught the people, that in repenting they should take to them words, as well as to haue a good heart. By their weeping, they signified deepe griefe conceiued for displeasing God, and prouoking his wrath against them. And their weeping was so great, that the place took the name thereof, and was called Bochim, that is, a place of weepers, and by their sacrifice they declared their faith, that their sinne was pardoned. For the sacrifices were shadowes of Christs death; and they in offering them, beleeued as the fathers of those times did, they constantly beleeued (I say) that all their sinnes were forgiuen by the death of Christ, resembled by the offering of them. To the which also there is no doubt, but that they added thankes, as the Lord directed the people in Hosea to doe in