The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached

And again, another sin of Saul you shall find in 1 Sam. 15. God required of Saul to go against Amalek, & utterly to destroy him. Well, Saul did do according to Gods command, and made a great slaughter, but he kept only some of the Cattle and the fat ones; but he profest he kept them not for his own advantage. it was that he might offer for sacrifice to God: Now Samuel comes to him, though Saul had thought he had done nothing but that which God was pleased withal, for he stands to justify himself in the 20 v. And Saul said unto Samuel, yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the King of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites: I have done what God sent me about. Now Samuel he comes and convinces him, that he had not done what God had sent him to do; why? because he had spared some of the Cattle—Now Saul excuses himself afterwards to Samuel in v. 12. ⟨p. 97⟩The people took of the spoil, Sheep and Oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God is Gilgal: But mark what Samuel saith in the 22 v. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? behold, to obey is better then sacrifice; and to hearken, then the fat of Rams; for Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry; because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being King:—These Scriptures might make any mans heart to tremble, and not to dare to venture upon sins that he thinks to be smaller sins; one would think that upon the consideration of these Scriptures, that no man ever living should be heard to plead this, and say, Why, godly people commit as great sins as they do: Why, David committed as great sins as I, and so others. But what if they did? They may be pardoned for their greater, and thou mayest be damned eternally for thy less: God will deal as a Father with his Children, •o spare those that are his: And that's another particular in the different way of Gods dealings with his people.

And again, another sin of Saul you shall find in 1 Sam. 15. God required of Saul to go against Amalek, & utterly to destroy him. Well, Saul did do according to Gods command, and made a great slaughter, but he kept onely some of the Cattel and the fat ones; but he profest he kept them not for his own advantage. it was that he might offer for sacrifice to God: Now Samuel comes to him, though Saul had thought he had done nothing but that which God was pleased withal, for he stands to justifie himself in the 20 v. And Saul said unto Samuel, yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the King of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalakites: I have done what God sent me about. Now Samuel he comes and convinces him, that he had not done what God had sent him to do; why? because he had spar'd some of the Cattel—Now Saul excuses himself afterwards to Samuel in v. 12.