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Show 398 ae ThefecandBoakeofthe first part ae Cuar.16.$34,| they proceeded himitis tobe thought that by their crafts fo evento the tin their artificcrs to teach the /raelites,and fuffe ting i policie did Nabuchodor uing anyftore of armour, Theiame where i Judea: DionyfiusinSicilie; and many other Pi inceselfeGilead, in e repair might tes J/raelé the part in ns weapo as< sot inuaded: The reft oftheir defences were {uch trom ha. s Conqueftin res. But the felof hiliftims had prefent tes excee- necefsity miniftred vnto them, to wit,clubs,bowes,ana thins nd the fir of dedin cafting ftones in flings : and that thefe were the naturall weapo 12.Chaptcr, i Writtenor all. nations, it is manifeft ; andfoin the firft of Chronicles the vere Cuarst6.§.5. Gilgalandfoone after he departed to Ramath, and came no'wnore tofce Saul; wntill the day of bis death, . SashRipida pice 5 §. V. Of the accurrents betveene the reiection of Saul'and his death, nes ; at syeaponed with bowes, and could ufe the right and the left hand withflo onathan ; ,whereon ee r (as may bee gathe ¥Séwr.1 4-125 2 SAttrg a companie of Philiftims were lodged: the reft oftheir armie hl the fucceffe ) being incampedin the plaine adioyning. 4 before he came tothe hill top,andin a kinde ofderifion called vp by ! fo behaued himfel fe,as with the afsiftance of Godheflew2 >.OF the noranit?? he encountred.Whereuponthe next companies taking thealarme, and e,they of thecaufe,fed away amazedaltogether. In which confufion, feare,anc flaughtered one anotherin ftead of enemies : whereupon t! \ofe Hebrewes of theirpartie, becaufe theyfeared to be fpoyled bythem, tookethe deftrudtion, and flew ofthemin great numbers. Andlaftly, Sax/himfeltc Sedge ofthe rout and diforder,together with thofe //raelites that {hrouded mount Ephrains,fet ypon them andobtained (contraryto all hope and expetts moft happieand glorious victory ouer them. Heere was that prophefiein De fulfilled by Lenathan, That one ofthofe whichfeared Ged,fbould kill a thoufan d, andtwof them ten thoufand. This done,the {mall atmie of //rae/ made retrait from the purfuit. And although sail had boundthe people by an oath notto take food till the cuening,yet his fonne Jonathat being infecbled with extreamte labour ahd emptineffe,tafted a dropeof honyin his pa fage : for whichSau! his father would hane put himto death, had notthe peopledeliu him, how he might auoid boththe fufpition,and the danger: Andif Samuel is eand wiledome,he fought to auoid the inconuenience or dangers of this life, then-:doe thefe:men miftake the nature ofhis diuine ordinance..who ne adil ot] ' reafonthat Godhath giventhem;doe no otherwife auoid the perills and secon die: of,thamas menftupified-in the opinionoffate or deftinie neglecting either whee Sees 20 faile at Gods handsby prayer,orto exercife that wifdome or forefight,wherewith Ga i hath inricheth the minde ofman, ‘for his preferuation. Neither did: the all- power i God (who made and could deftroy the world in aninftant ) difdainehere "s ibn uct musel,to anoid the furie of‘Saul, by the accuftomedcautious waies ofthe world aie Of the fonnes of \7/hat, Samuel,by God directed, made choice ofDawid, the 10 ingeft hauing refifed E/iab,the firft borne: who though he werea man ofa canals, atice great itrength; yet vnto fuch outward appearatice, the Lord had no refpe. M0 cana Written, Gud(ceth nor as manfeeth e>chut the Lord beboldeth the heart. Healf° refi i: he Sa18.16.3 other fixe brethren, madeé choyce ‘of one whomhis Fatherhad altogether ne ledted a : lefvin the field to attend his flotkeyfor of him the Lord{aid to Samuel Arife caain i him, for this ts he: which done, Samuel departed and went to Remath Neither v ale long after this that s¢u/ beganto feeke thelife of Dawid :in whichbloudy minde! Jeon tinued till he died, ouercome in battell by the Philifins. cikacsilsinal, _era hauing well confidered (asit feémes ) the increafe of, Sant his power namely, the Mozbites, Ammonites, Edomites, and the Arabians of Zobah, oes : tubes a their Souldiers, and allwarlike prouifions, the P4ilifims had He preuailed-Hethenaffembledall the forces he couldmake, to wit,21 oc receiuing the.commandement ofGad bySamuel, hee inuaded Amalec, wafting and ites, 10m ftroying allthat part of Arabia Petrea,and the Defart belonging tothe Amalek les h ee ae Neem a Seene fromthe prouidence of God, that by Philsftims remembrance their former overthrowlikewife miraculc wel {0 that for fome {pace of timethey held themfelues quiet. Inthe mean Saul being now greatly encouraged, yndertooke by turnes all his borderit ae RS nae for ifraelamong the fonnes ofifhai: which' Samwe/ (doubting the vid: in ent handof Saul) feared in a fort to performe,till it pleafed Godto dire&t ae ny victories by him. obtained,whileft theyhad fitten {till & forborneto giue piece to his profperous courfes, thoughit it good to makénew trialof their fore, asiuftly fearing that the wrongs whichthey haddoneto //rae/, might bee repayed. ted him fromi his erueltic. ~ Thelate miraculous victorie ofSaal and Jonathaz, feemesto hauc 4g Samy. é py Owwhile Samuel moutned for Savl, God commanded:him to choofea it was that Davidhimfelfe flew the Gyant Geliah. tim Whilethe State of frael tood in thefe hardtermes, the Philii .fealed a 11 {trengthened by God, andfollowed with his {quire onely 399 the innocent: himf{elfd hahing:alforirined in the fame kinde,sas thefe-wordssof Samuel witnelle:.Asthy {word bath nsadeorher womenshildele(fe,fofball thy mother be childeleffe\aa % Sain 15-33 ‘mong other momen ; at'whichitime Samuel himfelfe(after he hadbeene byunaniy bootleffe intreaties perfwaded tolftay a while with S2uJ) did cut Agagin pieces beforethe Hokd iti he lurked, at Ss thofe that cametofuccour Dawid againft Saul, while p armie into three troupes,that they might {poileanddeftroy many ofthe Hiflorvofthe World,- Hauilah cowards Tigrés vnto Shur, which borderethe£gypt ; inwhich warre hee tooke Agag their King prifoner.But whereas he was inftructedby Samuelto follow this i tion without compafsion, becaufe they firft-ofall attempted. J/rae/, whenthey {eft - yp in. Aofes time: heenotwithftanding did not onely{pare the life ofag, but resets uedthe beft ofthe beafts andfpoyle ofthe Countrie, with pretence to offer themin crifice to the liuing God. Therefore did Samuel nowa fecond time makehim know the Godwouldcaft him fromhis royalleftate,to which he wasraifed when he was of bat condition,and as the Text hathit, little in his ovne eyes. And though theo fence WP great in Saul for not obeying the voyce of God by Samuel, had there beene no10 precept tothat effect: yetfeeing Saul could not bee ignorant howfeuerely itp laa God to some the Ufraelites to reuenge themfelues vpon that Nation,he wasin ne : excufable, For Godhad commanded that the d/raclites fhould put out the remem? Lah of Amalecfrom under heauep. Foxthe cruelty whichthe predeceffors of this Agave on thofe which were ouer-wearied,faint, ficke; 4% age againft the J/raelites,cfpecially ‘people,was rowto be reuenged on him, andhis Nation abouc oa yeercs afterw: borrowed "is aad now bee was to pay the debe of bloud, which his, forefathers with aduantage, if eter opportunity fhould ferue their often iniured: neighb Y them, 2slately yithad it had done doneagai ee at n Moab, Ammon, and the reft ofhcepes againft their ancient ecpee enemies. s eeecreetnneiene ehleeeceni cag _ otheir own withes:as forlate difatters, peft ao oar, : ewifedome, impute them to fecondcaufes;as toa temSotidiinenne y oe toa miftakenalarme,wherby their Armicpoffeffed with Seeaeae ae ento rout. Hauing therefore muttered their. forces, and. taken ke =. cockaale to ae which Kang Sael drew forth againft them, of adunitase tors oe eS wit out d eral oi a battel,cach part kept their ground SGogboihPhen tci Paine - gre ie,but maintaining fome skirmifhes, as re~ Sarthe Made eee . : a oe oe ctweene their Camps. Iuft caufes of founded'by the anprie dintedof toed y the P ulsflimeswhofe late attempts had been con- ae ae 6 = ma Sie this occafion perhapsit was,that they fought Wioake fronihenicn eee Sen at,as willing to try in one mans perfon,whether any 5® to decid Gold cis ta. 41 fotock a i ae Goliah of Gath a ftrong Giant, fearing neither defpishtint a oh 3 @ defie the whole hofte of Uracl, prouoking them: with hatha' eee oideh appoint 2 Champion that might fight with him hand- to felfexs Bee * ee that ‘thepartie vanquifhed in' Champion, fhould hold: it ae Bie prolle, oa become vaflall to the other. This gatie occafion to nonstate seme? by Gods appointment had annointed, to make a fa"fice into publike notice of the people." Forno‘ man durft éxpofe himfelfe E'p 2 to |