A30577:359
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at…
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughs.The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For that example of David at Keilah, all the answer to that is, that it is an uncertain 1supposition.
But examine the place, you shall find it as certain as a supposition can be; It appears plainly that David had some expectation that the men of Keilah would have 1stood to him and kept oft Saul coming against him, and if they would, it is apparent by the Text, that David would have stood to it though Saul had come against him. In the Text it is as plain, as this: Suppose the King were near Hull going against ⟨p. 4⟩Sir J. Hotham, and Sir J. Hotham should seek to make sure of the men of Hull, and enquire whether they would deliver him or not if the King came, and he should come to know that certainly they would, and upon that very ground flies away, is this now an uncertain supposition that Sir John Hotham would willingly have the Town stand to him, and if they would stand to him he would stay there and defend himself against the Kings forces?
But examine the place, you shall finde it as certain as a supposition can be; It appeares plainly that David had some expectation that the men of Keilah would have 1stood to him and kept oft Saul comming against him, and if they would, it is apparent by the Text, that David would have stood to it though Saul had come against him. In the Text it is as plain, as this: Suppose the King were neere Hull going aagainst ⟨p. 4⟩