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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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So by the selling of Joseph into a strange country, a thing in likelihood 1tending to his undoing, yet it is manifest, as he told his brethren, that God sent him before, to preserve them and their posterity alive, and not they. So when Jacob was sent away by Rebecca, his mother, to Padan Aram, to avoid 2the wrath of his brother Esau, the cause was good, but he went, uncertain what should befall him in a strange land; and therefore he thought, and vowed, if he might have bread to eat, and clothes to put on, and that God would be with him, and keep him in his journey, that then he should be his God, meaning that he should be more strongly confirmed in so counting him. Therefore God, who guided his journey, blessed him greatly, so that when he returned, he remembered Gods benefits which he had since that, bestowed on him, saying: I came over this Jordan with my staff; that is, poor, 3and without all provision, but now have I gotten two bands. So when Moses married Jethro's daughter, living obscurely in the wilderness, and suffering affliction with the people of God, who would have thought that any good should have come thereby? And yet beside his admirable delivering of the Israelites out of Pharaohs bandage, he was also a mean to draw Jethro's posterity to religion, and the true worship of God thereby. Even so, offer we our selves under Gods government, and all things shall be in time, directed by him to a good end, though we see it not by and by; yet we shall; so as we may be bold to say it, for he will bring it so to pass. For it is to be known, that while we wander here on earth, yet we are not in darkness, as others are; neither are we cast off as Orphans and left desolate, but God careth for 4us his faithful ones, otherwise then he doth for the rest of the world.
So by the selling of Ioseph into a strange countrey, a thing in likelihood 1tending to his vndoing, yet it is manifest, as hee told his brethren, that God sent him before, to preserue them and their posterity aliue, and not they. So when Iacob was sent away by Rebecca, his mother, to Padan Aram, to auoide