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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
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Doct. 16. Sacrifice pleaseth not God without obedience.
This being thus said, which was necessary, let Samuel's words [hath the Lord as great pleasure in sacrifice, as that his voice should be obeyed?) teach us, that the most religious actions that God requireth (such as sacrifices were) as prayer, hearing the word, the use of the Sacraments, &c. are in no account with ⟨p. 171⟩God, if he that use them be not obedient in his life to the commandments of God and a repentant Christian. A wonderful and fearful doctrine (yet most true, for this our age, wherein so few are, or think it meet they should be obedient to the truth in particular, which is taught them, and have nothing to commend them unto God, unless it be the ceremonious worshipping of God, in the manner I have mentioned, a service not better then the offering of sacrifice, which (we see) without obedience was nothing worth. Indeed the Apostle John saith,1 blessed is he that heareth and readeth, and keepeth the contents of that book, but not he that ⟨p. 172⟩heareth and readeth only, but that keepeth it also. So then, this obedience to Gods will, is not to be compared with sacrifices, but to be preferred far before them: sacrifices were offerings to God which were commanded, but so as they offered them in faith and repentance also: but obedience is the fruit of both, therefore to be preferred; The Lord tells the Israelites, I required no sacrifices of your fathers, after that I brought them out of Egypt (meaning after that in Sinai) but that they should obey my voice,