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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.
The speech uttered by Debora, [O my soul thou hast marched valiantly or, 1as it is in the Hebrew, O my soul thou hast trod down strength, namely of the enemies, which we know was very great. If we take it in the first sense, she triumpheth in a general manner through the courage and furtherance that God gave her: if in the latter it is the same, but more particularly she speaketh to her soul rejoicingly, that she had trod under foot might and strength, seeing God had armed her with power against so great enemies, as if she should say, that therefore she need to fear the power of none hereafter, God being still with her. Both afford this worthy instruction, that when we have seen that God hath given us great deliverance while we ⟨p. 267⟩trusted in him, as she here did, we should for ever after promise our selves 2that he will do the like to us still, seeking to him in the like manner, that so 3we may hearten our selves to believe it. This agreeth with Saint Pauls doctrine, that experience bringeth hope: and with his practise, saying, God hath 4delivered us, doth deliver us, in whom we trust that yet hereafter also, he will deliver us. And doubtless this experience is the proper fruit which faith bringeth forth, without which what were our life? we are not freed from all affliction, because we have escaped one: but we remain still subject to the same, or the like: and what shall it boot us to have been overcomers in the one, if we be foiled by another, (as we may easily be, even by a lesser, without this armour) through unbelief, when before through faith we overcame a greater. Surely, no more then it should have booted David to have killed the Bear, if he had been slain by the Lion, or the Philistine. And therefore learn hence, that though we ought to believe in him for his promise sake; yet we much better do it (or ought to do) when we have a pawn lying by us, I mean experience of the truth of it: but hard is the case of them who have neither of both.
The speech vttered by Debora, [O my soule thou hast marched valiantly or,