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Show Gen Thread Boleefeeipit ofibeLitry oftheWorld, Curran ET Se Cuar.i7.§.6, -Cuaran§.7. ei iain a see ee~ Te ~ rowes,fome he fawed afunder, others he caftinto burning kils, in which hebakedtyle nalallthe fpoiles of other'Nations,Damid dedicated vnto God at his returne./m the beft of all the {por I s\by vabonesasifall the parts ofthe targets were SaaS tranflated the worHsiedas: ee 5 ae call thembracelets : Aqwila.golden ane goinute in placeof thefe of Adadezerat But becaufe 5iice , of braffeRe ace. c hae{ich and bricke, in Shicab the Egyptian KasiasheTeniple of Ierufalemyit may be gathered thereby §. VIL that Huge m* Cta dours to Hanw " King of the Ammonities to coit: a OfDauids troubles in his reigue, and of hisforces, : : ~¢ J A Neeca tht Sehic alidilecwee in his fathers Kingdon P ae .ee stompin HiGion vnder Saal,hadbeene relieved by: Naep/h, the father ee Vt as victorie begetteth fecuritie,and our prefent w orldly felicitie a forgets Hein ype ill aduifed, and. ouer-iealous| of his eftate; vfed Davids meffengers 19 Bape being acm ae fly their: akbeardes , and:theiti ga. fo barbaroufly,,and;contemptuouily ( by by curtailing curta Be i hérhictowie Siena 2 ments ) hee thereby drew a.wartevponhimfelte, which neit rer is! ne ftrength, Barthes des purchafed. could putoff, or-fufltaine. For notwithftanding thathee Reet oe and..thittie thoufand Souldiers of the Amalckites, ae their brodetedshis adulterie with Yriahs flaughter,giuing orderto: his truftie feruant Joab to. marfhall himin the front or point ofthofe Iraelites , Which gaue an affault f{uburbs of Rabba,whenthere was fot as yet anie poffibilitie of prenailing. vpon the And, that which couldno by Zoaband his brother Adibai eafily brokenand put toruinc sain a se Ifhtobor Thob any great loffe or flaughter at that time. And it is written, that a Se aero, fled, the Ammonites ‘alfo retraited into their Cities, the one ene a oe derthe rockes within the walles,theother' intheir defarts adioyning,till: Zoab was returned to Tet ofArnon. oo Clon: ; Es leffe difpleafe God than the reft, he was:content that manié othets of 2° his beft feruants and fouldiers fhould perifh together with Vriah, hoping thereby to couerhis. particularill intentagainft him. After which hee began by degrees to fall from : the higheft of happinefle,and his dayesthento come were filled withioyes and Hadadezer-hearing that Jeab had difmiffed his-atmie, iaffembled his forces againe, and {ent-all, the companies ‘that. hee could leuie out of Adefoporamia, who command-of Shobach' pafled »Ewpbrates, and incamped:at' Helam, on the Helamor Che-- - GOINING 7: the ableft lam which P:0- thereof, Dawid, hearing of this: hew preparation; aflémbled:all Il the ab cs Woes interchangeable, his troden-downe forrowes began-agai Ne bi South fide men of If ae ne to {pring and thofe perils which he had pulled vp by therootes (as He hoped) gaue himanafter-harueft of manycares and difcontentments) Andif it had pleafed God to. take the witnefle of Dawidsown mouthagain{t him,as Dawid himfelfe did againtt theAmalekite,whichpre- Feetraelsand.marchedtowards the Sysian armie in' Palmyrena; ‘hot yet _a in oe tended to haueflain Sev/,he hadthen appeared as worthy. of was ofthe death he fuffered. For when Wathaz the Prophet reprehenfion as theott er propoundedynto him his owne errour in the perfon Cee feotds of biasto-wit; at Helam,'a place nouleffe diftant from Damafcus, towar ani ee Enpbrates eaft than lerufalem-wasytewards the Southweft. Now iDenid ( {peaking noes : oer ofanother,to wit,ofhim that tooke the poore mans fheepe "that had none elfe,the bereauer being Lord ofmanie': He then vowedit tothe liuing Lord,that fuch a ly. jynight with the morestos fidencegoe on itowards' Buphrares (which was the a theft-offioutney that euet he¢e-had:) becaufe hee was now-Lord of - im one fhould diethe death: And hereof,although it pleafed Godto pardon Daxidfor his life,which remiffion-the Prophet Nathax pronounced: yet hee deliuered him Godsiuftice *Sce.c.18.§.2, lay-inthe midway.Hee alfopotfefthimfelfe 964 Thadmoror Palmyrena, w eer Lomon afterward ftrongly fortified ; and this Citie Was but one dayes SO a Helam, and thetiuer Buphratess, So had'He tworafe rétraites, ‘the one to T " ihe and thenext:fromthehce to:Damafcus »Inithis» encounter! betweene Dawid an Wath together with his merciein the tenour following ; Mow there- 2.Sam.i2.9'10, forethefovord{hall neuer departfrom thy houfe cre. becanfe thou baft takenbis wifeto be thy wife,and haft [laine Vriah with the(word of the children ofAmmon, Soone after this, Dasid loft the childeo Syxians).they loft: yooo0: thorfemen, anid! 700: chariots; together with sho 7 Generall of theirasmie.. TheiChronicles calh:thefe46 doa, Souldiers iptene : fadulterie which‘he begot on Berfbeba. Secondly,his own fonne nnon being in loue withhis halfe fifter Thamar,by the aduice ofhis coufin-german the : lupins Comvieres itj;and-fo'isait' very: probable; For the:armie of [frael' conti! a of: foptemen; could hardly: Haue! flaughtered:g0600; horfemen; except they v4 Py fonneofShimeah Dauids broth er,pofleft her by force: which when he had performed, xo hethruft.her from fj himin a careleffe and defpitefull manner: fouleandinceftuous aé,.4b/alomcaufed him to-be murthered, Two yearesafter which at the feaft ofhis theepefhearing:: not perchancein reuenge of Thamars rauifhment alone ; but hauingit in his heart to vfurpe the kingdome ted. their horfeanidfought on-foote-So are the chariots takenin this battell, ara tkFeo. dn the firkof-Chroniclesthe ninth yin Wwhichnamber, ‘as T conceive, cthe Souldiers that ferued in them with the conduétors are included: {fo as there eee : in which,becaufe he could not in aniefort beatflured of Amnon, he thought his affaire greatly aduancedbyhis deftru@ion. So the one brother hauing Sysidns-in rhis\waureapaintt David, before he fore't-themto tribute; er eth mea, belides.alittheir horfemenahd waggoners, anid befides all thofe that Jo LNob rauifhed his owne fifter,andthen defpifed her ; the other aftera | ong diffembled malice, firft made his owne brother drunken'; and then flaughtered him ; which done,hefled aw ay, andliued vnderthe faueguard of Talmai king of Geffur, ne ere Da> whénthey. fled atthe firk encounter,together with theAmmohites,before £abhae! a Withtandingallavbich,the Aidads.in following! ages gathered ftrength againe,a nt fligted:the/Kings of Iudaidftei sbutithe Kifigeof Hfiacl they impoueriflicd euch¢ lak ghd ofichat States 2.SAMT RH ma{cus,who was his grandfather by the mother; but a heathen King. Thirdly, when ‘4bfalora bythe inuention of/oab (but chief y becaufe of the great affection ofDauid towards his fonne) was brought againe,fir(t to the Kings fauour,and then to his prejo tence; he began inftantly to prattife againft Deuidhis father, fecking by the pretence 2.Sam14 ofcommon iuftice,and by lowly Poa 6 entidol? Pavéd: having noiwbearen the Arabians and Mefopotattians;from'the partie an ‘do fedeiaeyof damon: He fentopt-Yoah theLientenant ofhisiarmies to foradgeane ¢ ftroytheixtetritoriejand to hefiege Rabbah, afterward Philadelphia,which aftet a the Lftaclices maftered'and pomtth.Phe Kings 'crowhe'which weighed a talent 0 Fi garhithed with prdtious tones, Dausa fet owhis ownie headjandocarried er a fol and familiar mannerto-all men 5 and bydetracting from his fathers equitie, to win vntohimfelfe.a popular reputation, Here beganthe Great atfliction, threatned by the Lord as.a punifhment of Dawids finne. . The the reft,ofthé tichesiand fpoike ofthe CitieAndthough Deeid fayediat Tetufa oneiy lowing the watoflaieh his wiferill fuch timledsthe Citiewas broughttoext! a andreadyto beientred:yet Jonbin honour ofDxwid. forbare the Taft affault,& meet fo thereoftill arriuall.Tothe people he vied extreamerigour4 if wee me Shee his rafters : ee avewith nae qallitbsing.cxertifed again{t heathen Idolaters, ) for fome ofthem hee tare W* rowe ge alfo the zealous care which formerly he had to pleafe Godin the precife.obferuation of his Lawes and Commandements, For hauingnow-.no dangerous apparant enemie (againft whom he Waswont to aske coun{aile fromthe Lord ) he began to be aduifed by his owne humaneaffectioris and vaine defires.. not onely-fatisfied to take Prizhs wife from him,andto yfe her by ftealth For hee was ; bur heeims } Feder. rit, of the vaflalles of «Adadexer twentic thoufand, anc of Mae Maschah the confederates 3. to wit, o (for which hee disburfed a thoufand -talents: of Nerthpat of ghahand Jfpteb thirteene thoufand for which hee disbur Sea eee ae Traces in filuer)yet allthefe great armies together with theftrength ° t i¢i / alias ie Beatastds, fulneffe of our former miferies, and manie timés of God himfelfé the ciuer ofall goodneffe : fo didthefe changes, in the fortune andftate ofthis good w King,chan companie which Abfalemgatheredatthefir were but 200.men:which hecartied with him from Terufalem to Hebron, pretending, though impioufly , the performance ofa vowto God. There when Achitophel repaired ynto him, & many troupes. of Be Q4q a people 2SAM.15 |