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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.
For of the word [Baal] I will speak in the next verse together, with other 1of like sort. But first in this twelfth verse the holy story saith, that they forsook the Lord, who yet was the God of their fathers, and had brought them out of the bondage of Egypt. This as it was more then to displease God in some particular actions (for it was a leaving of the true worshipping of God, which is the fountain of well doing duty in our life:) so it is aggravated by the favour and benefits here mentioned; to wit, what God had done for them: and further, the greatness of their sin may be laid out more fully by comparing it with Peters answer to our Saviour. For when he saw some of his hearers to depart from him, upon no just cause, but only a bare conceit; and he asked Peter, if they and the rest of his fellow Apostles also would depart from him; he answered, saying, Lord whither should we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. As if he should say, that they 2having found them so good and bountiful to them already, and having such hope still of greater good from him hereafter, as they knew not where to find the like, it should have been absurd for them to depart from him as the other Disciples did.
For of the word [Baal] I will speake in the next verse together, with other 1of like sort. But first in this twelfth verse the holy story saith, that they forsooke the Lord, who yet was the God of their fathers, and had brought them out of the bondage of Egypt. This as it was more then to displease God in some particular actions (for it was a leauing of the true worshiping of God, which is the fountaine of well doing dutie in our life:) so it is aggrauated by the fauour and benefits heere mentioned; to wit, what God had done for them: and further, the greatnesse of their sinne may bee laid out more fully by comparing it with Peters answere to our Sauiour. For when he saw some of his hearers to depart from him, vpon no iust cause, but onely a bare conceit; and he asked Peter, if they and the rest of his fellow Apostles also would depart from him; hee answered, saying, Lord whither should we goe? thou hast the words of eternall life. As if hee should say, that they 2