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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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This was a grievous and sore affliction, to be thus driven to extremities 1for want of food. And yet no other then was long before threatened (among many other) to come upon them for their apostasy and idolatry. For what though we hear of no consuming of the people of Israel in battle; yet, beside that it could not be, but that many of them were slain by so long and violent assaulting them, so what death is more cruel then by living, to be ⟨p. 285⟩famished? and what misery in this life greater, then to be to seek of food, where it can hardly be come by, and yet that which is to be reserved, and had, is scarcely fit to preserve life? Here therefore by the contrary we may see, what a benefit of God this is, when in a land, and in cities, towns and villages, all people may be fed fit for their condition, when there is no invasion of foreign enemies to spoil and destroy the fruits of the earth, whereby the inhabitants are preserved: nor any famine, by any other judgement of God: and when there is no just cause of complaining in our streets. We know in the great famines that are mentioned in the Scriptures, yea and in smaller famines in our own remembrance, what crying and lamentations there have been. In the days of Abraham, Isaac, and chiefly of Jacob, 2when they were forced to send into Egypt for corn. In the time of Elimelek and Naomi, when they were driven from their dwelling in Bethlehem 3Judah, to go and sojourn in the land of Moab, for want of food: and after in the days of Joram King of Israel, when the men had no other way 4to preserve their lives, but by eating that which was against nature, yea and yet they could hardly come by it; and when the women did eat their own children, as also in the last besieging of Jerusalem by the Romans.
This was a grieuous and sore affliction, to be thus driuen to extremities 1for want of food. And yet no other then was long before threatned (among many other) to come vpon them for their apostacie and idolatrie. For what though we heare of no consuming of the people of Israel in battell; yet, beside that it could not be, but that many of them were slaine by so long and violent assaulting them, so what death is more cruell then by liuing, to be