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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.
Sermon 33 › Chapter 5 › Part 3: The second part of the Chapter.
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.
Here she commendeth them both in an high manner (though some 1chief men in the tribe of Zebulon she had praised before, and that for their forwardness against Gods enemies, in so great peril, as we have heard, they were in. For it was a ridiculous thing in the judgement of men, for such a small number as they were, to go against such huge armies, and all as valiant soldiers addressed in warlike furniture, by whom they might have been swept away in less then an hour; but they preferred God and his word before their own lives. By the high places mentioned here, the mount Tabor is signified, on which they were appointed to stand to behold the multitude of the Canaanites, and yet they not flying away from them, but marching toward them, their faith appeared to be so much the greater, and therefore they are thus commended. Thus much for the meaning of these five verses.
Here she commendeth them both in an high manner (though some 1chiefe men in the tribe of Zebulon she had praised before, and that for their forwardnes against Gods enemies, in so great perill, as we haue heard, they were in. For it was a ridiculous thing in the iudgement of men, for such a small number as they were, to goe against such huge armies, and all as valiant souldiers addressed in warlike furniture, by whom they might haue been swept away in lesse then an houre; but they preferred God and his word before their owne liues. By the high places mentioned here, the mount Tabor is signified, on which they were appointed to stand to behold the multitude of the Canaanites, and yet they not flying away from them, but marching toward them, their faith appeared to bee so much the greater, and therefore they are thus commended. Thus much for the meaning of these fiue verses.
- 1The sense of verse 18.
Now I have cleared that which was needful to be made plain in this