A10933:907
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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that so as they shall have cause to bless the Lord, and wonder at his love and faithfulness to them, when they who go about the same, to observe how he assisteth and blesseth them, and on the other side, how they who rely upon their own head and policy, shall wane, come to nothing, and be resisted by him; as we read of such as being commanded to go against the Canaanites 1refused; but, would needs go fight against them being forbidden, and therefore they were sore discomfited. But of this I have spoken before.
that so as they shall haue cause to blesse the Lord, and wonder at his loue and faithfulnesse to them, when they who goe about the same, to obserue how he assisteth and blesseth them, and on the other side, how they who relie vpon their own head and pollicie, shall wanze, come to nothing, and be resisted by him; as we reade of such as being commanded to goe against the Canaanites 1refused; but, would needs goe fight against them being forbidden, and therefore they were sore discomfited. But of this I haue spoken before.
Gideon being thus furnished, was in couraged to go against Gods enemies, 1and so much the more, seeing he had such success before by the promise of the Angel. Where note, how well things prosper with us, and go forward, when we are certain, that we be set a work by the Lord: and more particularly, when we are furnished with faith in his promises for the present, and time to come, and heartened by the experience of Gods help in the time past. For it was not for nothing, that the Lord meaning to set him a work about a greater service, gave him good proof first, as of his own weakness, so of his assistance in the lesser, I mean in the destroying of Baal; of which point more hereafter, if God will. Now both these did work upon him mightily, and so we then especially, when with both, our consciences can witness to us, that we have cast off, and purged out such sins wherein we lived before, oh then, I say, we go on roundly and readily in the duties we take in hand. And so on the contrary, if we do but crop them off by a present and slight dislike of them, we shall sensibly and easily feel how awkelie and untowardly we go to work, as the Israelites against the Beniamites.