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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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VERSE. 22.23. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry: because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
VERSE. 22.23. And Samuell said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voyce of the LORD? Behold, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rammes. For rebellion is as the sinne of witchcraft, and stubburnnesse is as iniquitie and idolatrie: because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
We have heard Sauls answer,1 wherein he would have covered the fault (which he could not deny altogether) saying, it ⟨p. 163⟩was to honour God which they did: meaning the beasts were reserved, to be offered to him for sacrifice, and therefore the fault (he hoped) was not great; for he had (he said) obeyed the Lord, & gone the way which he had commanded him. This answer therefore of his, in both points the Prophet showeth to be but glossing, and daubing with untempered mortar, and therefore not able to stand him in any stead. For know saith he, that as concerning the sacrifice which thou speakest of, if thou haddest meant indeed to have offered it to the Lord (which yet thou diddest not, but reserved the beasts as a pray to thine own behoof) yet if thou haddest ⟨p. 164⟩meant to offer them for sacrifice, the Lord will take no such offering, as is joined with disobeying him, as that should have been; but he looketh that his commandment should be obeyed. This is the first part of his reply or reproof, when he saith, hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings, as that his voice should be obeyed? no: but I tell thee, to give ear is better then sacrifice, and to hearken to his commandment is better then the fat of rams. In the second part of his speech unto him, he tells him, that as light as he made of his fault, it was witting disobedience and rebellion against the Lords commandment, and that was even as witchcraft