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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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Doct. 1. Little place for reproofs, among Christians.
Doct. 1. Littleplace for reproofes, among Christians.
VERS. 13. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the Commandment of the LORD.
VERS. 13. And Samuell came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I haue performed the Commandement of the LORD.
The ground of the first doctrine.
Now to begin with Saul (with whom we heard the Lord was sore displeased, and therefore Samuel came to him in tender compassion and love, seeing the plague near him, to counsel him to avoid it by meeting the Lord with true Repentance) he was so far off, from looking for, or hearing any rebuke from him, that before Samuel could speak to him he prevented him, but how? not by confessing his sin and accusing him ⟨p. 13⟩self for his slight and negligent executing of the Lord his charge committed unto him, which he had just cause to have done, before the Prophet came unto him, and much more, when he saw he was coming: but by justifying himself boldly in the evil he had done, saying, that he had obeyed the Lord his Commandment, even then, when the prophet came to tell him of, and reprove him for the contrary; and who doth not see that he showed himself thereby to be far from the grace that became him to have, & that was in the Thessalonians,