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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. 25. The least hope of concealment hardens the hypocrite in sin.
Doct. 25. The least hope of concealement hardens the hypocrite in sinne.
The second followeth which was this: [I was afraid of the people] How he bewrayed his hypocrisy in these words, even when he confessed his sin, I have showed before. The thing ⟨p. 298⟩that I note out of them here, is this: that he thinking Samuel could not find out this that he alleged, to wit, that he feared the people, whither he did so or no: he did therefore stand stiffly upon that, although it was an untruth that he spake. But herein is lively bewrayed a common sin among us, namely this: that if an offender think and be resolved that his fault be hidden from men, no persuasion can cause him to confess it. The reason hereof in such is, partly, seeing if it be not wrung from them (which they most desired:) and partly seeing they think themselves as safe as in a castle, if it be not known, (such is their blindness and ⟨p. 299⟩hardness of heart,) whereas both the Lord hath a thousand ways to bring it to light, if he see it expedient so to do; and yet they are in no such safety while they conceal it, as they imagine, but rather in far greater danger, both toward God, and the world also; to God seeing while they hide their sin, they cannot prosper, neither repent while they harden their hart: and while they do neither of both, what is their life worth, but the increasing of sin, and heaping of judgement? And it is worse for them to manward, because if it ever after come to light, they utterly loose their credit among men, without which, it were better for them to be banished