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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. 7. The greater and more our blessings have been, the greater shall our account be.
Doct. 7. The greater and more our blessiings haue bene, the greater shall our accompt be.
An other thing in these ⟨p. 69⟩three verses, let us mark and learn, that seeing God calleth him to an account for the use of his benefits, for that he yielded not to him, the fruit of them, that he will require at our hands, how we have used, the good things that he bestoweth on us; For thus he saith, I advanced thee, & did great hings for thee, in respect of many others. And why? for any worthiness of thine? no: but that I might have thee more attendant to me, and at commandment, and above many other, serviceable unto me: yet thou hast in this great charge of destroying utterly this cursed nation of the Amalekites, cast my commandment behind thee. And so he said ⟨p. 70⟩to David, Jeroboam and others. So that when men come to receive at Gods hands any benefits, they should not only think of the sweetness and greatness of them, and how they be enriched by him, which is the next way to make them proud, and high minded, as we see in the boasting Pharisee,1 but we should know that there goeth always a charge and a burden with them, as that God looketh, that their hearts should be knit to him, who hath blessed them, undeservedly above others. Which David acknowledged, and teacheth all others the same, when he saith to Michael his wife, mocking him for honouring of God, in dancing before the Ark, ⟨p. 71⟩and rejoicing that it was brought home unto his City: This that I do (saith he) is for no worldly affection, 2but for the zeal that I bear to Gods glory, who chose me rather then thy father and all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord. He confessed, that seeing God had so honoured him, he was bound, and could not choose, but he must honour God again, which was the end and cause, why he had advanced him.