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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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If they had been only hurt by them in their cattle, corn, and other commodities, and had sustained that only for their punishment, it had been a dear paying for their pleasure, that they took in their sin; but when they 1were in this bondage, that they could do nothing else but watch and ward for their lives, and to build and botch, dig and delve, and beat their brains to devise, how to hide their commodities from them, what sorrow upon sorrow, and one unquietness upon another did they heap upon their heads, till they lost all the welfare of their lives in a manner, and made them more wearisome and unwelcome then death it self? Is this the fruit of sin, and the good that it bringeth to the committers thereof? And yet if I should lay out the fruit of the sin of Cain, Esau, Absalom, and other, who could not be stayed from the committing of it; what better thing could I say of it, or what better fruit could I prove it yieldeth to the committers of it?
If they had been only hurt by them in their cattell, corne, and other commodities, and had sustained that onely for their punishment, it had been a deare paying for their pleasure, that they took in their sinne; but when they 1were in this bondage, that they could doe nothing else but watch and ward for their liues, and to build and botch, digge and delue, and beate their braines to deuise, how to hide their commodities from them, what sorrow vpon sorrow, and one vnquietnes vpon another did they heape vpon their heads, till they lost all the welfare of their liues in a manner, and made them more wearisome and vnwelcome then death it selfe? Is this the fruite of sinne, and the good that it bringeth to the committers thereof? And yet if I should lay out the fruit of the sinne of Cain, Esau, Absolon, and other, who could not be staied from the committing of it; what better thing could I say of it, or what better fruite could I proue it yeeldeth to the committers of it?
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