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Viddereat' care and id Sréat' care "policie tliat no Smithes to make them {wordsor < - they) fhould'hatie Zechihomefites.and places adiovnine shia {p -aresencither was it long before,that of the Beththemefites,and places adioy nung, there searim: but Junius vnderftands this Garrifon to haue beene at Gebah in Eeniamin neere Gibha, where jtiboldened asainit labes jin ‘refpect weakencfle thend Tfraclites de: WAC € age abes Gilead . of their ml Y I: fince tar * the with them againit ut part ofthem, for'not ioyning eveat v geraiged-a Beene Packs nale-children/b Beniamites:at which t fromthem thei young Wwomen,and'gaue them tothe Beniamites sand _ for ¢ is were not likely to | Hine beene increafédto any greatnumbers? and if they bad reeoner dthe tnfeluesoft great calainitic,yer the Ammonite might fatter himfelfe with the opi ion, that Iiae Ke uins for long timebeea difarmed by the Philiftims, was notut tofin ( ut thofe whom theyshad {6 deepely wounded and deftroyed. But contrariwile, When the tidingscame roSiwloftheir danger,and thatthe Ammonites would gitthem no other conditionto } ranformethemelies;but bypulling outtheir right eyes, by Whic lithey fhonld bevitetly difabled for the Warte,as elfewhere hath been ‘fpoken: Saw/;bothto valuc himfelfein his firftyeetes reigne, and becaufe perchance ‘hee was defcended of one of thofe goo, Maidstaken from the Gileadites,and giuen to the Beniamites,gaue ordertoaflemblethe forces ofIfrael hewitig a yoke of Oxen into pieces, and fending them by meffengers0- ter all the coafts, protefting thus: That whofoener came notforth after Saul and aftr Sa! mitiel:fo(ould bis Oxen beferwed: threatning the people by their goods, and notbytheit liues'at thefirft- Seuen dayes had Sas/ to affemble an Armie, by reafonthatthe Gile dites had obtained the refpite of thefe feuen daiesto gine Naha the Ammoniteanan: fwet : who,could they haue obtained any reafonable condition, were contentedto haue feiered themfelues from I{taelPaiid to become Vaflals and Tributaries ro theHeathei. Inthe meate while.Squ/ afletabled the forces which repaired vnto him VSa7.11.85 at Bezec, neett Jordan which done,he mieht in one daywitha {pees Cee chat he= might 4 readily paffe the riuer; S e rsaaePy: = : die marcharriueat Iabes,vnder'the Hills of Gilead. Thearmie by San/led,confifting of three hundted and thirty thoufand, heereturned an an{wer to thofe ofJabés,that they thonld aflure them{elues offuccour bythe nextday 3p at noone. For,as it feemeth? Saal ‘marched aivay in the latter part ofthe day, and went onall night; ‘for in thé mornifig-watch he fiirprized the armieé of wahas the Ammonite, Andtotheend that hee might fet'on then on all fides, hee divided his forces intothree parts,putting themi'to the {word vatill the heate ofthe day, arid'the weari nefle of Sau/s troope inforced them to giue' ouer-the purfwit!' Nowthe Ammonites were become the = : i : i inte catelefle and cure, ih tat thole ofIabes promifed the next morniggto rendet them (ehies and their Citic to theit méicie, After this happie firccefle,the pec le were fo Farte in louc with their newking.that they would hate flaine all thofe Ifraclites thatmut mured againft his'eleGion, had not him(elfe forbidden and refifted their refolutions, | Such isthe condition of worldly men), as they ate violent lowers ofthe profperous, andr" bafe Vaflals'of the tiniethat flourifheth; and'as defpightfull and cruel! without cauie againit thofe,whomany mifaduenture,orother worldly accident hath throwne downe, After' the arihie femoued,samuel fammoned the peopleto meet at Gilgal,where 5" was nowa third timeacknowledged, and as fome Commenters affirme, anointed king and here Samuel-v{ed.an exhortationto all the Aflembly, containir precepts, anda tehear fall of his owne Luftice,during the beginning of his gonernmer t cothat day. Aftet Saulhad nowreigned one yeerebefore hewas eftablithed in Gilgal,or G: he ftreng: thened himfelfe witha good gnard of 3000.chofen men, of which he € attend on Jonathan his fonne at Gibeah, the Citie of his natinitie ?therett h his owne perfon in Micmas,and in the HillofBerheh cael | Jonathan abode with his thoufandf lowers. Howf oene sbytl Uis it appéareth thatthe Phiis/tims held fome {trongplaces, both in thetim es of samef,andof 's within the Territorie of #/rae/ sand now being greatly inrag ed by his lurprize, the fembledthirty thoufand armed Chariots, andfixe thoufand Hoi e, wherewith they in-': sym, 13-$2 uadedJadea,and incamped at Atachmas or Michmas, a Citie of Benia min,in the dircé way from Samaria to Hierufalem.and inthe midde ft of the Land betweenethé Se; and 40 Jordan. With this fudden inuafion the Ifraclites were ftrucken in fo great a feare, as fome ofthemhid themfelues in the caues of the mountaines ; 6therfledde outer /ordaz into Gad andGilead : Saul himfelfe with fome 2000, men of ordinarie; ‘and manyother people,ftaid at Galgala in Beniamin,not fatre fromthe paffag e ofLofua when he led rack ouerJordan. Heere Saul by Samuels appointment was to attend the commine of Samuel feuen daies : but whenthe lat day wasin part {pent, and that sau/ erceiued his forces to diminifh greatly, he prefimed (as fome expou nd the place 1. Sew.1 3.93) to exercife the office which appertained not vnto him, andto offer a burnt offering anda peace offering vnto God, contrary to the Ecclefiaflicall lawes of the Hebréwes, and Gods Commande ments: others expoundthe Word, "otadit, inthis place, byobtulit per Sacerdotens, zo and fo make the finne ofSas/not to haue beene any intrufioninto the Priefts office; but firtt a difobedienceto Gods Commandement ,in not ftaying according to the appointment, 1.Sam.19.8. fecondlya diffidence of miftru ft in Gods helpe, and too great relying vpon.the ftrength ofthe people, whofe departing from him he could not beare pa neatly a a ¢ Deo, of the A aire ptthe belpe Which the faiine hi oe ote tial acsuep ld acta Tea was his inne, notwith- I Sait. cz = ie a oo Soa SY Samutt reprchended moft mre Philiftimis : the fame, as forme thie Saulpatt by,when he came from Rama, wher e hee was firft anointed by which fharply, in terme s vofitt 1s eftate Hor extraordinarie warrant beene giuen to Semact fo to doe,from ing himfelfe:5shad God at which time alfo Samuel feared no tto lethim know, that the Kingdome thould be conferred to another(a man after Gods goPteritie. owagé heart )both from Saeéand his Verfeta: * After this, Semeland Saul retittned to Gibeah, where Saul, w hen hee had taken view of his amie, found it to confit of6 0.1 en: moft were fled from him and feate tered,yea and among thofethat ftaid,there wasforthe not any that had cither fword or {peare. but Sas/andhis fonne Jonathax onely. For the Philiftines had not left them any saare Rt Stansz 37 inall /rae/.,that made weapons; befides, they that cameto Sant came haftily; and Jefe fuch weapons and armoutas they had,behind themi none atall, itmight be much doubted howSaal n theirgarrifons: forif theyhad had thould be able the yeere before, or in fome part of this very yeere, to fuccour Zebes Gilead with 300.andthirty thoufand men; if there had not nowbeene any yron weaponto defend themfelues withall, faue onely in the hand ofSaz/and Jonathan his fonne.But howfoeue r,all the reft ofthe peopl e were formerlydifarmedby the Philiftims,and all thofe craftefmen carried out ofthe land that made Weapons: there being left vnto the Iraelites ituffe as {erued forthe Plough,and for noughtelfe onlyfiles to thar pen and amend fuck tis manifeft,orelfe they durft not haue attem pted:yer that theyhad fome kind ofarmes vponthePhilifims as they did: And it4s Not faidin the Text that there was not was not any found among thofe 600.fouldi any {word inall /2e/, but onely that there parture : andit feemeth that when Samuel ers which ft ayed with Saa/after Samuels des tS@n.x348 | guards forlooke him, hauing but 600. remaihadtharpely reprehendedsau/, that his owne ning of his 3090; ordinarie fouldiers, and o all reft that repaired vnto him,ofwhi ch manywere fledde fromhim before Savswe l adrriued, Sy §. LIT. : Litt, Of:Sauls difobedience in hisproceedings in the warres with the Philiftims and Amalehil which canfed bis fieall reiecliop. 4 7 . * porithan with his finall Atmiie or Reg 2 in? i of ues aduantage, farprized a Garrifon of iment that attended him, raking aU n ; e which they thinke to haue beene Carieth-icarim + hecau l a place wherethe Philsftenes had a Garrifon,1.Sam.10.4s called the Hill of God, which they vnderftand of Cariath- Led by the hadof God tidre than 5 0600.and therefore in thee refpeds, Cuerl Oc _ i. + vad vpon = 5 ane qeTelEmidived themtoihlarge their4 Dominions their; borderers: labes Gilead 1A at «i Bei She GEtheMveret. Befidés ic mayfurther be coniectured th at the Ainmonites were the men and'male-children; flaug Onely flaughter notot onely the ime they-did tine aS ofthe Fiftory of the World, With this fmall troope he held ftrength, and better affured vntohimnfel feto his owne Citic ofGibeab,as a place ofmore him, than Gilgal' was. Neitheris it ob{cure how it thould cometo patfe that thep hiliftims fhould thus difarme the moft part ofthe //aclites, howfoetierin the time ofS am uel much had beerle done againft them. For the victoriés Of Samuel were n ot got by fword or ffpeare, but by thunder from heatien: and when thefe craftefinen were once rooted out of the Cities ofI/-ae/, no maruell ifthey could ina fh Ort peace vnder Szseuel/ Not : be replanted againe. Forthis tyrannie of the Philiftins is to bed vaderftood, rather of the s precedenttimes, than vnder samuel: and yet vider : Pp hing |