A10933:966
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 like may be said of Moses sending away from the house of Pharaohs 1daughter, where he had been brought up so daintily, to go suffer affliction with the people of God in the wilderness. And yet what a rare instrument did he make him, to work the greatest deliverance for his people that ever was heard off to be wrought by a mere man? Even so, learn and know we, that the Lord doth oft turn the greatest troubles of his, to their greatest benefit 2and good, if they wait patiently upon him, yea he giveth them far above that which they look for, insomuch as if it were possible for them to be brought even to hell, this were but to raise them up unto heaven, as they who have any experience can tell: and Jonah out of the fishes belly testified in the middest of extremities and anguish; who out of his greatest fears and sorrows was exalted to greatest hope and rejoicing, as his heavenly and admirable zeal in promising to praise God doth abundantly show. It is said also here, that he and Phurah his servant went to the side of the camp: 3wherein his faith doth lively show it self, and that he minded and believed what God said, rather then that he feared the danger that he went in. And this, indeed, is that which I have so much beat upon in this story, and in a 4word, which we should all do: that is, trust God whom we see not, and not eye, and look too narrowly to the lets that are in our way, to fear and draw 5us to unbelief: as we read how Jehoshaphat did, not only himself believe, as he was willed to do, but with great courage exhorted also his people to 6do the same in the sore danger they were in by the Moabites and Ammonites, and was thereby delivered: and so did our Saviour to his disciples 7when they were greatly grieved for his departure, saying: let not your harts be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.