An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

First that notable place in 2 Sam. 21. when there was a famine in the days of David three years together, David would know what the matter was, God gave him this answer, That twas for Saul and his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites; ⟨p. 27⟩Because Saul would not keep that trust to the Gibeonites that was promised them, God therefore brings a famine upon the whole Land for three years together: And I beseech you mark the aggravation here of Gods displeasure against any that break trust; first this promise was not made by Saul, but by Sauls Progenitors, and it was made above three hundred years before his time, And then to whom was it made? unto a Heathenish people, to the Gibeonites; And this promise they got deceitfully, they deceived Joshua and so got it by craft; further it was a promise made them without asking counsel of God, so the text saith, Josh. 9.14. Again, this promise was against the mind of the congregation, verse 18. All the congregation murmured against the Princes: Again, Saul when he slew the Gibeonites he did not do it out of a perfidious spirit, but out of a good intent, for so the text saith, 2 Sam. 21.2. He slew them in his zeal to the children of Israel, because he thought that the Gibeonites remaining amongst them would perhaps prove some hinderance to the good of Israel. Further, this work of God comes not upon Saul then when he broke the trust, but upon his posterity afterward, and that shows it to be greater wrath. Lastly it comes so upon them as it will not be appeased till it hath their lives: you may see then how God is set upon it to revenge promise-breakers.

First that notable place in 2 Sam. 21. when there was a famin in the daies of David three yeers together, David would know what the matter was, God gave him this answer, That twas for Saul and his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites; ⟨p. 27⟩Because Saul would not keep that trust to the Gibeonites that was promised them, God therefore brings a famin upon the whol Land for three yeers together: And I beseech you mark the aggravation here of Gods displeasure against any that break trust; first this promise was not made by Saul, but by Sauls Progenitors, and it was made above three hundred yeers before his time, And then to whom was it made? unto a Heathenish people, to the Gibionites; And this promise they got deceitfully, they deceived Joshua and so got it by craft; further it was a promise made them without asking counsel of God, so the text saith,