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Samuel's encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30.…Samuels encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30.…
Samuel's encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30. Preached and penned, by that worthy servant of God, Mr. Richard Rogers, late preacher of Wetherfield, in Essex. And published word for word, according to this own copy, finished before his deathSamuels encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30. Preached and penned, by that worthy seruant of God, Mr. Richard Rogers, late preacher of Wetherfield, in Essex. And published word for word, according to this owne coppy, finished before his death
London: printed by Edw. Griffin for Samuel Man, 1620London: printed by Edw. Grifin for Samuel Man, 1620
SAMVELS Encounter with SAUL. › Doctrine 12SAMVELS Encounter with SAVL. › Doctrine 12
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[…] ted speeches and multitude of words, make it appear (if it be not well looked into) to be void of blame, yea, commendable. They will not (indeed) affirm that they maintain sin, and that they will do a thing though it be evil, (that were too gross, and in so doing they must show themselves odious to all (which were no hypocrisy,) and so the impudency of such, seeing it cannot be hidden, a man would think that such sins were like to be the sooner repented of, or else they must needs live in contempt in the world.1 As we read in the gospel, of him which being bidden by his father to go work in his vineyard, answered, he would ⟨p. 112⟩[…] ⟨p. 113⟩[…] ⟨p. 117⟩[…] ⟨p. 118⟩not: but as he departed, considering the grossness of his disobedience, he repented and went. But these of whom I hear speak, call that good which is evil, that so they may be well thought of among men, though they deserve the contrary, and deceive their own hearts with a vain hope. For they set themselves to hide their sin, which is a sufficient proof that they cannot prosper:2 and whatsoever may come against them, they wittingly refuse to see it, least their consciences should prick and accuse them of it: and so hardening their hearts, are far from relenting, and to that end they put away the remembrance of the evil day ⟨p. 119⟩far from them.
〈…〉 ted speaches and multitude of words, make it appeare (if it be not well looked into) to be voyde of blame, yea, commendable. They will not (indeede) affirme that they maintaine sinne, and that they will do a thing though it be euill, (that were too grosse, and in so doing they must shew themselues odious to all (which were no hypocrisie,) and so the impudencie of such, seeing it cannot be hidden, a man would thinke that such sins were like to be the sooner repented of, or else they must needes liue in contempt in the world.