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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. 5. The hypocrite convicted, […]
Doct. 5. The hypocrite cōuicted, 〈…〉
VERS. 15. And Saul said, they have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God, and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
VERS. 15. And Saul said, they haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen, to sacrifice vnto the Lord thy God, and the rest we haue vtterly destroyed.
But now let us see how it wrought upon Saul, when Samuel had so plainly convinced ⟨p. 41⟩him, that if he would have dealt uprightly and answered him directly, he must needs, either have accused himself as guilty, or else he must have cleared and justified himself: he did not the first, and the last he could not do, being double hearted: and therefore fell to mere shifting and sophistry, as appeared by his words, which contain two points.1 For that which was evil done of him and of the people, he layeth it wholly to their charge, and yet he saith, if they were faulty in that which they did, it might be the better borne, seeing they did it to glorify God by sacrifice. This was the first point of his answer in these words, These sheep and oxen ⟨p. 42⟩which thou hearest, they have brought from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the cattle to sacrifice to the Lord. The second point of his answer was, that in the things that God was obeyed in, he had his hand in them, and was a doer of them among the rest, in these words, the rest we have destroyed. But in this doing, had he, think we obeyed the commandment of the Lord? In no wise; nay; he having boldly and manifestly cast it behind his back, did he relent for and bewail his fault? oh nothing less; then it is clear as I said, that he did but wash off the Prophets reproofs, shamelessly by a shift. For he knew that he had done wickedly; and