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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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Sermon 36 › Chapter 6 › Part 2: The second part of the Chapter.
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The second part of the Chapter.
Now it follows, the second, that is, of the punishment that followed their sin, and how they cried to the Lord under it, in these six verses. Their punishment was seven years oppression by the Midianites, as in this verse is to be seen, and the manner of their oppressing them, is set down in the five verses following. And for their oppression by the Midianites, let it 1teach us, that it was just because they had sinned. For God scourgeth men justly, and not without their due desert: Man suffereth for his sin, as the Prophet Jeremiah saith: So that if any should think they are hardly handled, being punished of God, let them prove themselves without sin, or else let them hold their peace. Nay, I will yield more then so to them, let them be able but to prove this, that they have only offended through infirmity, and not rather wilfully, and of knowledge, and they shall either be freed altogether from great vexations in their lives; or else they shall freely and without constraint confess, that God hath dealt justly, yea mercifully, in so visiting of them, rather then that he hath done them any wrong. Thus much for this, and that God will punish, when men provoke him by their transgressions, as we may here learn, I have in other places showed.
NOw it followes, the second, that is, of the punishment that followed their sinne, and how they cried to the Lord vnder it, in these sixe verses. Their punishment was seuen yeeres oppression by the Midianites, as in this verse is to be seene, and the manner of their oppressing them, is set downe in the fiue verses following. And for their oppression by the Midianites, let it