But I think that's not the scope, but rather, As in the days of Gibeah; This hath reference to that notable story that you have in the 19. and 20. chapters of Judges, 1there you shall find what was done in the days of Gibeah. You shall find the story of a Levite that had his Concubine gone from him and playing the whore, he went to fetch her again, and as he was returning home (the substance of the story is this) as he was coming home he would not go by no means (as his servant would have had him) to Jebus, because those that lived there were not of the Children of Israel, but he would be sure to lodge in a City that did belong to the Children of Israel, and when he comes to Gibeah, there expecting to have protection from that City, being they were of the Children of Israel, yet he found it quite otherwise, the people of the City were notorious abominable wicked people and they came by violence in the night ⟨p. 205⟩to break open the doors where he lodged that they might commit sodomy and filthiness with him, but they obtaining him not, get his Concubine and abuse her all night together one after another, till with a long abuse of her they killed her, and she lay dead at the door, upon which horrid thing, this being committed in a City that did belong to the People of God, this Levite takes a knife and cuts his Concubine (being dead) into twelve pieces, and sends them all abroad throughout the coasts of Israel, and bad them think upon it and consider what should be done. And upon the sight of that, and hearing the occasion of it, the people were amazed and said, Never was such a thing done, or seen since the people of Israel came out of the Land of Egypt. Wherefore all the People even from Dan to Beersheba th•y all assembled to consult what should be done, in the 20. chap. they resolved to go against the City of Gibeah; in the 11. verse the text saith, All the people were gathered together against the City, as one man: and in the 13. verse they required those Delinquents to be delivered up to them. Now those Children of Belial they stood it out and would not deliver them up;
But I think that's not the scope, but rather, As in the daies of Gibeah; This hath reference to that notable story that you have in the 19. and 20. chapters of Judges, 1there you shall find what was done in the daies of Gibeah. You shall find the story of a Levite that had his Concubine gone from him and playing the whore, he went to fetch her again, and as he was returning home (the substance of the story is this) as he was coming home he would not go by no means (as his servant would have had him) to Jebus, because those that lived there were not of the Children of Israel, but he would be sure to lodg in a City that did belong to the Children of Israel, and when he comes to Gibeah, there expecting to have protection from that City, being they were of the Children of Israel, yet he found it quite otherwise, the people of the City were notorious abominable wicked people and they came by violence in the night ⟨p. 205⟩to break open the doors where he lodged that they might commit sodomy and filthiness with him, but they obtaining him not, get his Concubine and abuse her all night together one after another, till with a long abuse of her they kill'd her, and she lay dead at the door, upon which horrid thing, this being committed in a City that did belong to the People of God, this Levite takes a knife and cuts his Concubine (being dead) into twelve pieces, and sends them all abroad throughout the coasts of Israel, and bad them think upon it and consider what should be done. And upon the sight of that, and hearing the occasion of it, the people were amazed and said, Never was such a thing done, or seen since the people of Israel came out of the Land of Egypt. Wherefore all the People even from Dan to Beersheba th•y all assembled to consult what should be done, in the 20. chap. they resolved to go against the City of Gibeah; in the 11. verse the text saith, All the people were gathered together against the City, as one man: and in the 13. verse they required those Delinquents to be delivered up to them. Now those Children of Belial they stood it out and would not deliver them up;
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