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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 13 › Chapter 2 › Part 2: The second part of the Chapter.
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Now followeth the second part of the chapter to the 1end; which also containeth the sum of the rest of the second part of the book unto the 17. chapter, and setteth down the estate of the children of Israel unto the death of Sampson, and that was after this manner. 1. The people provoked God by their sins. 2. God punished them for them, and that by other nations. 3. He raised up Judges to them: and 4. When they cried unto him delivered them. 5. After that they brake forth and fell to Idolatry again. And this was their estate all the time that passed till the acts mentioned in the 17. chapter, as is showed by particular examples through all the chapters before that, beginning in the third. But if any see reason not to consent that these verses in this second part of this chapter do lay forth the sum of the second part of the book in general, it maketh no great matter. He must yet grant, that in them is set down the estate of the people generally at the time after Joshuas death, who knew not the Lord: and in the chapters following, more particularly; unto the ⟨p. 110⟩seventeenth chapter. The distinct matters in this second part of the chapter are these five now mentioned. 1. Their sin. 2. Their punishment. 3. Their crying to God. 4. Deliverance. 5. Their revolting. The first of them was their sin, the which is set down from the eleventh verse to the fourteenth, with the occasion that they took to fall in that manner, and that is from the sixth verse to the eleventh. And the occasion was the death of Joshua, and other good governors here mentioned, that outlived him: for though in their time the people served the Lord, as here it is said, yet after them arose another generation that knew not the Lord, and then they forsook him. Of these now as it follows in order.
NOw followeth the second part of the chapter to the 1end; which also containeth the summe of the rest of the second part of the booke vnto the 17. chapter, and setteth downe the estate of the children of Israel vnto the death of Sampson, and that was after this manner. 1. The people prouoked God by their sinnes. 2. God punished them for them, and that by other nations. 3. He raised vp Iudges to them: and 4. When they cried vnto him deliuered them. 5. After that they brake forth and fell to Idolatry againe. And this was their estate all the time that passed till the acts mentioned in the 17. chapter, as is shewed by perticular examples through all the chapters before that, beginning in the third. But if any see reason not to consent that these verses in this second part of this chapter doe lay forth the summe of the second part of the booke in generall, it maketh no great matter. He must yet grant, that in them is set downe the estate of the people generally at the time after Ioshuas death, who knew not the Lord: and in the chapters following, more perticularly; vnto the