A14136:79
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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And in the .xxvi. Chapter of the same book / when Saul persecuted David again. David came to Saul by night / as he slept and all his men / and toke away his spear and a cop of water from his head. Then said Abisai Davids servant / God hath delivered the thine enemy in to thine hand this day / lat me now therefore nail him to the ground with my spear and give him but even one stripe and no more. David forbade him saying.1 kill him not. For who (said he) shall lay hands on the lords ā noynted and be not guilty? The lord liveth or by the lords life (said he) he dieth not except the lord smite him or that his day be come to dye or else goo to battle and there perish.
And in the .xxvi. Chapter of the same boke / when Saul persecuted David agayne. David came to Saul by night / as he slepte and all his men / and toke awaye his spere and a coppe of water from his hedde. Then said Abisai Davids servaunte / God hath delyvered the thine enemie in to thine hande this daye / lat me now therfore naile hī to the grounde with my spere and geve him but even one stripe and no moare. David forbad him sainge.1 kyll him not. For who (said he) shall laye handes on the lordes ā noynted and be not gyltye? The lorde liveth or by the lordes lyfe (said he) he dieth not excepte the lorde smyte him or that his daye be come to dye or else goo to batayll and there perish.
- 1God provideth a means to take the evil out of the waeye when they have fulfilled there wickednessGod provideth a meanes to take the evell out of the waeye whē they have fulfilled there wekednes
Why did not David slay Saul / seeing he was so wicked / not in persecuting david only / but in disobeying Gods commandments and in that he had slain.1