Further, it is clear by induction of instances in Scripture that a pardoned man may fall into gross sins, oftentimes into the same sin: some instances, one is of Joseph, it was a gross sin for Joseph to swear an heathenish Oath, by the life of Pharaoh, Gen. 42. 15. Hereby ye shall be proved, by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you ⟨p. 193⟩and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. Yet the Jews were so well instructed, and had such prohibitions against swearing, one should think that they should not be guilty of so gross an evil; yet Joseph being in Pharaohs court among heathens, he swore twice by the life of Pharaoh. And thus you read of Jehoshaphat, he fell twice into the same sin, he made a league with Ahaziah King of Israel, he loved them that were enemies to God, 2. Chron. 20 35, 36, 37. And after this did Jehoshaphat King of Judah join himself with Ahaziah King of Israel, who did very wickedly: And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. Then Eliezer the son of Dodanah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works: and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Twice he ran into the same sin. If there were no more spoken of Sampson in the New Testament, then in the Old, it were questionable whether he was a good man or no: but what read you of Sampson? You read of him first of all, that he married a heathenish woman, which was against Gods command. Nay, he fell to the same sin when the Philistines killed her, then he married a whore, chap. 16, 1. then went Samson to Gaza, 1and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. Nay again, you shall find him fall three times into the same sin. He did three times tell a lye, one after another; when Delilah came to inveigle him on the instigation of the Philistines that she should learn where Samsons strength lay: first saith Sampson, If they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dried; then shall I be weak, and be as another man. But when he was bound, he broke the withs as one would break the thread in two when it toucheth the fire:
Further, it is clear by induction of instances in Scripture that a pardoned man may fall into grosse sins, oftentimes into the same sin: some instances, one is of Ioseph, it was a grosse sin for Joseph to swear an heathenish Oath, by the life of Pharoah, Gen. 42. 15. Hereby ye shall bee proved, by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you ⟨p. 193⟩and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. Yet the Jewes were so well instructed, and had such prohibitions against swearing, one should thinke that they should not be guilty of so grosse an evill; yet Joseph being in Pharoahs court among heathens, he swore twice by the life of Pharoah. And thus you read of Jehosaphat, he fell twice into the same sin, he made a league with Ahaziah King of Israel, he loved them that were enemies to God, 2. Chron. 20 35, 36, 37. And after this did Jehosaphat King of Judah joyn himselfe with Ahaziah King of Israel, who did very wickedly: And he joyned himself with him to makships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. Then Eliezer the son of Dodanah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehosaphat, saying, because thou hast joyned thyselfe with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works: and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Twice he ran into the same sin. If there were no more spoken of Sampson in the New Testament, then in the Old, it were questionable whether he was a good man or no: but what read you of Sampson? You read of him first of al, that he maryed a heathenish woman, which was against Gods command. Nay, he fell to the same sin when the Philistims killed her, then he maryed a whore, chap. 16, 1. then went Samson to Gaza, 1and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. Nay again, you shall finde him fall three times into the same sin. He did three times tell a lye, one after another; when Daliah came to inveagle him on the instigation of the Philistims that she should learn where Sampsons strength lay: first saith Sampson, If they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dryed; then shall I be weak, and be as another man. But when he was bound, he broke the withs as one would break the thred in two when it toucheth the fire:
- 1Jud. 15. 6.
