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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 in that these were gathered to their fathers, now that they had lived 1out the age of men, which even then was threescore and ten; or at the most fourscore, and that with much weariness, we see that they who live to the utmost of their years cannot pass threescore, or a few more, with any fitness to be employed profitably in any calling (without which, life is but burthemsome) and so Moses saith in his time; therefore how necessary 2is it that the precious time which is allotted us to live here should be employed to the best uses by us, who profess that we live to that very end especially, considering how few attain even to these years; and how much time is of necessity to be bestowed in eating, and rest taking, that I say nothing of many other anokements, and beside both how fast & suddenly our end cometh. The which I say, not only for that I see how men lengthen out their lives endlessly, in their own foolish reckoning; stretching them on the tenters, and saying, they may live yet 30. 40. 50. years longer: and thereupon, how vainly & badly the common sort do spend their time (whom I have little hope to persuade to do better) but for that many of good report do nothing carefully redeem their precious time from either endless and needless busying their minds about the commodities of this life, or trifling it out little better then idly (if not as the other do) so that they can give small good account of the well passing of it; as that good man Hezekiah did. 2. King. 20. 3. and as the Apostle commandeth to the Ephesians, 3without which the so passing of it shall be reckoned among their other sins.
And in that these were gathered to their fathers, now that they had liued 1out the age of men, which euen then was threescore and tenne; or at the most fourescore, and that with much wearinesse, wee see that they who liue to the vtmost of their yeeres cannot passe threescore, or a few more, with any fitnesse to be imployed profitably in any calling (without which, life is but burthemsome) and so Moses saith in his time; therefore how necessary