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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
A HISTORY Of the WORK of REDEMPTION. › Period 1 › Part 5: From David to the Babylonish captivity.
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though one would have thought that none would have been more willing to have David killed than Jonathan, seeing that he was competitor with him for his father's crown; and again saving him, when Saul threw a javelin at him, to smite him even to the wall; and again preserving him when he •ent messengers to his house, to watch him, when Michal Saul's daughter let him down through a window; and when he afterwards sent messengers to his house, to watch him, and to kill him▪ when Michal Saul's daughter let him down through' a window▪ and when he afterwards sent messengers, once & again, to Naioth in Ramah, to take him, and they were remarkably prevented time after time, by being seized with miraculous impressions of the spirit of God; and afterwards when Saul, being resolute in the affair, went himself, he also was among the prophets: and after this, how wonderfully was David's life preserved at Gath among the Philistines, when he w•nt to Achish the king of Gath, and was there in the hands of the Philistines, who, one would have thought, would ⟨p. 77⟩have dispatched him at once, he having so much provoked them by his exploits against them […] was •gain wonderfully […] reserved at Keilah, when he had entered into […] town, where Saul thought he was sure of him. How wonderfully was he preserved from Saul, when he pursued and hunted him in the mountains? How remarkably did God deliver him in the wilderness of Maon, when Saul and his army were compassing David about? How was he delivered in the cave of Engedi, when, instead of Saul's killing David, God delivered Saul into his hands in the cave, and he cut off his skirt, and might as easily have cut off his head; and afterwards delivering him in like manner in the wilderness of Ziph; and afterwards again preserving him in the land of the Philistines, though David had fought against the Philistines, and conquered them at Keilah, since he was last among them; which one would think, would have been sufficient warning to them not to trust him, or let him escape a second time, if ever they had him in their hands again; but yet now, when they had a second opportunity, God wonderfully turned their hearts to him to be friend and protect him, instead of destroying him.