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HItherto of the Is∣raelits in vnsettled estate, and in war;
A summary of the Bible vvherein the generall heads of the seuerall bookes thereof are so methodically set downe, as may be a helpe to the vnskilfull reader / by Robert Bruen ...
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- A summary of the Bible vvherein the generall heads of the seuerall bookes thereof are so methodically set downe, as may be a helpe to the vnskilfull reader / by Robert Bruen ...
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- Bruen, Robert.
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- London :: Printed by G.P. for John Budge, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Greene Dragon in Pauls Church-yard,
- 1623.
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now of them in peace, Ioshua their Captaine be∣ing dead, and they vnder the gouernment of Iudges (wherof this Booke hath it name penned by Sa∣muel;) where, of their vocation and office.
The Iudges were per∣sons extraordinarily stir∣red vp by God, and fit∣ted as warriours for that time; not made by electi∣on, as the first Kings, nor by succession, as the lat∣ter, but by Gods imme∣diate raising of them vp. Their office is implyed in their names, Iudges of iudging, and of persons iudged.
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The names and time of gouernement of most of these Iudges were,
1 Othniel of Iudah, Chap. 3. vers. 9, 10, 11. that gouerned 40. y. and deliuered thē out of the hands of the Aramites.
2 Ehud of Beniamin, vers. 15.
3 Shamgar, who ruled 80. yeeres, vers. 30. & de∣liuered them from the Moabites, and also from the Philistims, v. 31
4 Debora of Ephraim, deliuered them from the Canaanites, Chapter 5. with Barak of Nepthali, vers. 10.
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5 Gideon, 40. yeeres, & deliuered them from the Midianites, Chapters 6, 7, 8.
Abimelech of Ephra∣im, 3. yeeres, Chap. 9. Thola 23. yeeres of Issa∣char. Iair, of Manasses, yeeres 22. Chapter 10. Iepthe of Ephraim, yeeres 6. Ihsan of Bethlem in the Tribe of Iudah. Elon of Zabulon, yeeres 10. Cha. 10. Abdon of Ephraim, 8. yeeres, Chapter 12. Samson of Dan, yeeres 20. & deliuerd them from the Philistims, Chap. 16. Eli, and Samuel who was of Leui, recouereth the
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Ark to Iuda, both which are recorded in the 1. of Samuel, and iudged Isra∣el 20. yeeres.
Concerning these, some had the preemi∣nence for multitude, o∣ther for dignity.
1 Was Iosephs house, for which they despised Iudah, 1. Kings 12. 16. 2. Sam. 20. 1. which was the cause of his ouer∣throw.
2 For dignity, and so was Iuda, because Christ came of that Tribe.
Hitherto of the Iudges; the persons iudged were their enemies; and they
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occasioned by their sins. Their fals were many, first, before their possessi∣on of Canaan. Secondly, and so after their refor∣mation; and hauing ma∣ny sinnes, had necessarily many enemies accor∣dingly; who their ene∣mies were, may appeare in the reading of this Booke.