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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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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, 1of whom Paul said, he was persuaded before he wrote, that they were ready to do whatsoever he should require of ⟨p. 14⟩them. Saul I say was far from that grace, (for else he should have feared and relented for that which he had done)
NOw to begin with Saul (with whom we heard the Lord was sore displeased, and therefore Samuell came to him in tender compassion and loue, seeing the plague neare him, to counsel him to auoyd it by meeting the Lord with true Repentance) he was so farre off, from looking for, or hearing any rebuke from him, that before Samuell could speake to him he preuented him, but how? not by confessing his sinne and accusing him