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justice_n	knight_n	sir_n	thomas_n	12,947	5	9.6515	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10933	A commentary vpon the vvhole booke of Iudges Preached first and deliuered in sundrie lectures; since collected, and diligently perused, and now published. For the benefit generally of all such as desire to grow in faith and repentance, and especially of them, who would more cleerely vnderstand and make vse of the worthie examples of the saints, recorded in diuine history. Penned by Richard Rogers preacher of Gods word at Wethersfield in Essex.	Rogers, Richard, 1550?-1618.	1615 (1615)	STC 21204; ESTC S116353	1,044,012	830

A COMMENTARY VPON THE WHOLE BOOKE OF IVDGES PREACHED FIRST AND DELIVERED IN SVNDRIE LECTVRES SINCE collected and diligently perused and now published For the benefit generally of all such as desire to grow in faith and Repentance and especially of them who would more cleerely vnderstand and make vse of the worthie examples of the Saints recorded in diuine history PENNED BY RICHARD ROGERS PREACHER of Gods word at Wethersfield in Essex HEBR. 12. 1. Wherefore seeing we are compassed with so great a cloud of witnesses let vs cast off euery thing that presseth downe c. Whatsoeuer is written was written for our instruction that wee through consolation of the Scriptures might haue hope BY WISDOM PEACE BY PEACE PLENTY LONDON Imprinted by FELIX KYNGSTON for Thomas Man and are to be sold at his shop in Pater-noster Row at the signe of the Talbot 1615. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR EDVVARD COKE KNIGHT LORD chiefe Iustice of England and one of his Maiesties most Honorable priuie Counsel R. R. wisheth all blessing internall externall and eternall from God our Father through Christ Iesus RIght Honourable as it hath alway befallen the best both Diuine and Humane lawes to be peruerted by common profanenes and lewd custome so may it be verified in all other things of like precious nature that they could neuer escape the taint of humane errour and abuse Witnesse the institution of the holy feast of Shiloh mentioned in this booke which though first was chiefly vsed as a memoriall of Gods benefits yet in processe of time grew to extreme abuse and gaue occasion to the vnlawful stealing of the virgins in their dances Nay witnesse euen this approueable custome of Dedicating bookes which though it hath been long taken vp and continued for good and respectiue reasons yet hath it been of old the practise of heretikes and still is of vnworthy writers to conueigh the poison of their books into the inferiour sort by stiling and gracing them with the names of remarkable personages Religion and Christianitie the ministerie of the Word and the Profession thereof are things in name and nature of the highest value howbeit as the fairest apple to the worme so are these exposed to the treble corruption of error infidelitie and hypocrisie Semblably the writings of Diuine argument whether vpon Scripture as this or Treatises consonant thereto are of singular vse in the Church yet neuer free from the malignitie of some men Especially such as who either out of their curiositie can endure nothing which clawes not their leprous humor or through their carelesnes professe either to meddle with no mans writings at all or without putting difference to embrace good and bad with equall affection For the two former of these three I meane the vngratiously nice and the gracelesly sensuall this I must say that since the Scriptures themselues the most solemne of all other both for matter and stile cannot rellish with them I despaire that my writings should procure their appetite Yea peraduenture this worke of mine will displease their daintie eyes and fingers by the very bignes and so preiudice their further handling These therfore if their disease be incorrigible I professe not myselfe a cooke for to dresse their diet but rather leaue them to feede vpon the chalke and morter of their vnsauourie Pamphlets while others nourish their minds with more wholesome meate and send them to the trough and akornes since they refuse Angels food For the latter sort since there is more hope to correct their error then the others vice I pray to God that with their generall willingnes to reade he would giue them an vnderstanding heart to discerne aright of things that differ that the holy eye of their iudgement may be like a Musicall eare in the distinguishing of sounds and like the fining pot of the Goldsmith in seuering the gold from drosse or his touchstone in discouering of mettals Also my hope is that such as buy new bookes of all sorts may happily light vpon this among others which if they shall doe I wish them no worse then that the gaine they reape and the taste they get from this may disgrace and distaste with them all fruitlesse and offensiue authors Pardon me right Honourable if I haue been ouer bold in aduenturing to publish these poore labours and thrust them vnder your patronage I haue not sinisterly aimed at the Poets marke who wisheth all writers to set a glosse vpon their worke by a glorious entrance But partly to shroud myselfe in God vnder your authoritie against the tempest and violence of all vniust censurers such as I named before and partly yet chiefly to commend the diligent perusall of this booke to all religious or indifferent Readers by your Honours example perswading myselfe that you will not more willingly become patrone to the writer then a patterne of the things contained in the writing itselfe And as by Gods ordinance the oyle of Consecration was first powred vpon the head of Aaron yet staied not there but ranne downe thence vpon his beard and to the nethermost skirts of his clothing so I iudged this order no whit preposterous if first I presumed to powre this oyle fetcht out of the Lords Tabernacle vpon your Honours head that so from you as the sweet showres trickling downe from the hill to the valley the fragrancie and fruite hereof might descend lower vnto meaner persons Among sundrie other bookes of holy writ which in the course of my Ministerie these fourtie yeeres past God hath assisted me to explane and go through with my Audience I haue for some causes chosen this to leaue as a poore pledge and memoriall to Gods Church of my fidelitie paines and loue And though I respected also the good and request of my owne Congregation herein into whose hearts I desire doubly to fasten the naile of wholesome instruction which soone slippeth out yet seeing my time is short and my voyce cannot reach beyond her vsuall limits I haue endeuoured with my pen to draw a long and a wearisome line that the other defect might be supplied looking vp to him for a requitall who hath promised not to conceale the labour of our loue I haue Right Honourable purposely altered the course of my writing which formerly I haue vsed in my Treatise As Elisha the Prophet put his hands vpon the King of Israel his hand when hee bad him shoote so when wee vndertake the handling of Scripture the holy Ghost allowes vs not to say all wee can inuent but requires vs to put our hands in his hands and to applie our selues more strictly vnto his drift then in Tractates of our owne wherein generally our scope and libertie is more large Yet as the text hath led me I haue held myselfe to these two markes The one more generall to build vp the Christian Reader in faith and good life To the which end as I haue alreadie written a large Discourse if it haue yet come