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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
VERSE. 28. And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better then thou.
VERSE. 28. And Samuel said vnto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdome of Israel from thee this day, and hath giuen it to a neighbour of thine, that is better then thou.
IN the former verse we have seen how Saul ⟨p. 345⟩sought to hold Samuel with him, but not for the end which ought chiefly to have moved him: and in this 28. verse, Samuel takes occasion by the rending the lap of his garment, to give signification to him, that God would rend his kingdom from him, that so he might make no doubt, but that it should come so to pass: And this he did that he might have driven him to some sounder and heartier dislike and confession of his sins, (though we see he prevailed not with him) therefore he thus speaketh to him, as we see fearfully; and as well it teacheth all that list to learn, that while men remain hollow and double, and deal not truly and ⟨p. 346⟩plainly with God, they may look to hear no better then heavy tidings from him,1 to sound in their ears, and to check their consciences, whatsoever fair show they make of any repentance, but to gather more signs then before of their damnation, by how much more they rejected Gods offers in calling them:2 And should not this drive men from all their carnal shifts,3 and broken holds, when they see that God hunts them out of their dens, and plucks their mufflers from their faces?4