The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints. As it…

1. Some read the Word here [Heavy] and take the ⟨p. 7⟩meaning to be, that God takes the Death of his Saints, especially; when it is procured by the means of their Enemies, very grievously or heavily; it is such a thing as he cannot tell how to bear: and that David speaks this of his own experience: for when Saul, when Absalom, when Ahithophel, had contrived his Death, and sought ways how they might effect it, God was very angry, and would not suffer it; yea, manifestly discovered his deepest displeasure against them, in that by signal judgements he destroyed each of them.

1. Some read the Word here [Heavy] and take the ⟨p. 7⟩meaning to be, that God takes the Death of his Saints, especially; when it is procured by the means of their Enemies, very grievously or heavily; it is such a thing as he cannot tell how to bear: and that David speaks this of his own experience: for when Saul, when Absalom, when Achitophel, had contrived his Death, and sought wayes how they might effect it, God was very angry, and would not suffer it; yea, manifestly discovered his deepest displeasure against them, in that by signal judgements he destroyed each of them.

2. Others read it [Rare and Dear] and understand it, that, because such things as are dear to us, we are not wont to leave or commit to the dispose of others; therefore David intends, that God doth not easily or often grant Wicked Men their desires upon his Saints, or suffer them to take away their lives; and that David draws this general Conclusion to comfort others withal, from the great Experience which he had had of manifold and strange Deliverances: But,