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Show apy 414 eee Lhefecnnteakeaefet pert Naa az.§.7. vofthe Hiftory oftheWorld,SS Cuar nine moneths and twentie Cuarayg.7, The next ad ofDauid, was the delivery of Sauls fons or ki ps me :2 nee ibeonites, whomthofe citizens hung vp in reuenge of their father s« ; " ai tie wid past iho dayestrauell, returned with the account & regifter ofall the people,able and fit to beare Armes,and they amount ed tothe numberofthirteeg huns dred thoufand,befides Leuiand Beniantin,w hereof in Iudaand the cities thereof fiye EMah ledge from theOratle ofGod,that a famine which had« a d " le oe are yeers, eame byreafon ofSaul and his houfe, to wit,for the flaug iter O ‘ - Gi 2conites : and therefore he willingly yeelded togiue them this {atisfaction, both bc caufe he had Ware rant from Godhimfelfe,asalfo,if wee may indge pumas ‘ ie tid aes Sauls line,by whomheandhis might,afwellin the prefent as int ac _ cs be cre mole. {ted and indangered; only he {pared Mephibofheth thefonne of Jouc he bareto his father, as for his oath and yow to God. 2,samaxs : Ionathan, both forthe hi Nowwhereas it is written in the Text,The King took thetwo fonnes : Rifpah, whomfbery bare unite Saul,and the finefonuesof Michol the dang hter of Saul, whom fhe bare to Advicl, and delincred themtothe Gibeonites : lunius cals this Michol the fifter of herthat Was Danids wife,fnee whom Saul married to Phalticl ; but Mic hol he re named, had Adriel to her husband ; the fame whichis named Merab inthe fir tt of Samue ithe cighteenth, who wasfirft promifed to Danid when he flew Goliah in the y alley of Raphaim sand becaufe itis written that Michol loued Dauid, which perchance Mer ab didnot, whe. ther Dauid had anie humane refpect in the deliuerie of her children, it is onely knowne : pas wherethe Gencua nameth Micholfor Merab the wife of Adriel :the better tranflation were out ofthe Hebrewword here y fedshauing an éclapfis or defect, &fig-30 flifieth,as 1 aminformed,one of the fame kinred,asin the 1 9.verteof the fame oneand twentieth chapterit is faid of Goliah,whofe {peare was weightie as. a Weauetsbeame, ‘whenas by the fameeclipfis it muft be vnderftood bythe brother of Goliah ; Goliah himfelfe being formerly flaine. As by the deathofSauls children Godfecured the houfe of Dani, leauing no head vatotebellion ; fo did hee ftrengthen boththe King and Nationagainft forseine ene- mies,by the valour of many braue Commande ts,the like ofwhom, for number& qua. litie,that people of Ifraelis not knowne to haue had at anytime before or after.Thuty Captaines of thoufandsthere were,all men of matke,and great reputationin warte.0uerthefe were fixe Coronels, whofe valour was fo extraordinarie,that it might be well 70 heldas miraculous. Thefe Coronels had fome difference of place and honour, which feemethto laue beene giuen vponmeerc confideration oftheir vertue. For Abifhai the & Aramites was Lieutenant, and commandedhalfe the armic,could not attaine to thehonour efthe firft ranke, but wasfaine to reft contented with being principal ofthe three Coronels of the fecond order,notwithftanding his neerneffe ofblond vnto the King ; the flourihing eftateot his owne houfe,andhis well epproued feruices. All thefe Coronelsand Captainswith brotherof Ioab,who in the warre againft the Ammonites the Companies belonging to them, may feemeto haue be enefuch as were continually retained, oratthe leaft kept in readines for anie occafion,confidering which were muftered and drawne out,if that the numbers need required, into the field,verie farre exce™-4o ded thirtiethoufand,yea,or thirty timesas manie.They were moft ofthem fuchas frag followed the King in Sauls time, and been hardned with his aduerfities. Others there Were yerie manie,and principall menin their feuerall Tribes,that repaired voto him erthe death of Saul ; but thefe Captaines and Coronels (who with Toab,that w4s, 2484-2339 General! of all the Kings forces,make vp the number of 37+).3 were the {peciall menoF waire,and reckoned as Dauids Worthies, The long reigne of Dauid, as it is aw, to haue confumed manyofthefe excellent men ofwarre,fo may it probably beghelit 5 to haue wafted the moftof thofe whofe deaths we find no-where mentioned. rout fonhes of Zeruia,who had beenetoo hard for Dauid, were i in ie beginning of Salomon, who wanted his brother worne away,andonly re ¢ Abifhai to ftand byhistie® in His la extremi!tie. : Bythe actions forepaffed in the time ofD, wT 33-yeares or thereabouts,when the potterir anid,it is gathered that he had reigne¢ 2 ¥ of Saulwas rootedout, fo that he enloy® , about feuenyeeres ofentire quiet and fecuritie, wherein it pleafed God. to nore impediments that might haue troubled the fuccefsion Beean itis fathers throne: Tnthis timealfo Dauid having eftablifhed al} things in Iudaand Ifrael, and see ders thereof he againedifpleafed God by numbring the people,as in oftentation 0" power ; in Which stoned NOW he employed Ioab > Wi Gi th other Captaine s of his Armie, ! : hundred thoufand,and in Ifrael eight hundred thoufand. ieee For this,when by the Prophet Gad he wasoff ered from God the choice ofthree pus nifhments,whereof he might fubmit himfelfe to which he pleafed be chafed.by his enemies ; or a generall ipeftilence to choice to bow himfelfe vader the hand of God only, Jaft three dayes : Dauid made ro crueldifeafe,which hath no compafsion or re{pect andleft himfelfe fubie& to that ofperfons,of which there perifhed 79.thoufand. And herebyhee hath taught all thatliue,that it is better to fall into the hands ofGod than of;men; wherofhe giueth this diuine vealon,For his mercies aregreat. 2Sam.x4] lies aee : §. VITI. Ofth? laff atts of Dauidy AdonijahsSection; the renenze vpon Loab avd Shimei. segs Aftly,when he grew weake arid feeble,and eer men,he was yet aduifed to lie in the armes paft the acts and knowledge ofwoofa young andwell complexioned WA maiden,to ; to wit,feuen yeeres famine ; three moneths wartre, wherein he fhould be vn profperous in all attem pts,and keepe him warmes Inthis his weake eftate of bodie ,when hee was voina mannerbed-rid, Adonijahhis eldeft fonne ( Ammon & Abfalom being nowdead) haning drawn votohis partie that inuincible,renowned the Prieft,began manifeftly to prepare forhis eftabl and feared Toab,with Abiathar ifhmentinthe Kingdome afterhis father. For being the eldeftnow. lining of Dauid s fonne s,anda man of goodlyperfonage,Salomonyet young,and borne ofa mother former which her name was omitted by $.Matthew(as Beda, lyattainted with adulterie, for Hugo, Thomas, and others fip= pofe)he prefimedto carrie the matter witho ut refiftance. Hereof when Dauid had knowledge by Berfabethe motherof Salomon, who didput himin mindof his faithfull promife,that Salomon:her fon fhould reigne after him ( Nathan the Prophet affitming the fame thing vnto the King,& leconding herrep ort of Adonijahhis prefumpyo tion)the King calling vnto him Zadoc the Prieft;Nathanthe Prophet, & Benai ah the Captaineofhis guard,gauecharge and commiffion to anowtSalomon, and toferhim on the Mule whereonhimfelfe.vfedto ride inhis gteate tt {tate: which done,Salomon; attended.and ftrongly guardedby the ordinarie and cheyc e men ofwarre, the Chere» thites andPelethites, thewed himfelfeto the people . Thefe tidings being reported to Adonijah,he prefently abandonedhis afliftants,and forth e fafery ofhis life,he held by the horns of the Altar,whom forthe prefent Salom on pardoned. After this, Dauid had remainingtwo efpeciall cares, whereofhe was defiro one concerning the peace of the land, which might us to difcharge his thoughts; the 1oReg.rg be difturbed byfomerebellion a= gainft Salomonsthe other concerning the buildi ng of the Temple, which he fought by o#! meanesto. aduance,and make the bufine ffe publicke. ‘To bring thefeintentions to g00d effet,he fummoned.a Parliament, confif ting ofall the Princes of [frael the Prin~ =-¢hrom,28.1; ces of the feuerall Tribes,all the Captaines and Officers, with all the mightic,and men of power; whodidrepaixe vnto Ieruf{ alem, _ In thisaflembly the King ftood vp, & fignifi edhi s purpofe ofb uilding the Temple; fhewing howthe Lord had approuedt he motion. Herein he took océafi dn to lay open his owne title to the Crown e,fhewing that the Kingdome was by Godsordinance due tothe Tribe of Tuda(as Iacob in his bleffi ng prophetically bequeathedit and that God himfel fe wass pleafed to make choyce of him among all his: fathers fonnes. In like manner hefaid that God himfelfe had appointed, Salomon by naméetobe hisfucsoceflor: wher cuponheeearneftly charged. botht hepéopleand his fonne'to conforme Pemiciues ynto.all that. God had comma nded 5 and: particularly to goe forwa rd in this worke ofthe Lords houfe, which Salomonwas‘chofen to build.-:Then produced atterne ofthe w rke,according to the forme which God himfelfe had appoin1 fo laying openhis owne Preparations, heexhorted all others té a volunt arié ropofition was fo well approuedbythe Princes & ptople, that wherechadgiven three thoufand talents ofgold; andfeuen thoufandof filuey CY AKER Voto it feuen thoufand ofgol d,&& ; ten thoufand of filues sbefides byaffeiron ; and |