792o/theCoNSPIRACIE Sermonz. there from any Princesmouth, a more1.'rincely fpeech, than th~ firfr f~h he-;- Ciup.1 '·f. corded to have fpoken; Jf!.!!.,id popt1l1 quodjlet ? WhAt ayles the people tocomp!;in//f. fpeech worthy cverlafring memory,!o they complaine not without caufe, But~ith in a while; hee grew fo frerne and fierce, asnomanmightfpeaketohim· y · every light occalion, nay upon no occalion at all, his Iavelin, went firaight,ton;~n Ch'P·'•·ll· men to the wall : Nor David only, bur lonAt.han his Sonne and Heire appare 1 e Ch'P·'>·~· · and no caufe why. In the XIII. ChApter it is faid, Saut had then beene Kinanr, ycare, and raigned two yeam in Ifr;~~t : yet it iswell knowne, hisraigncwas f~rta yeAm : Their owne Writers ref?lve •t, thus : how long foever hee raigned, hee wfs a Kingbut two yeares. All the time after,he was fomewhat elfe,or fomewhatmore Pfol sH · than aKing. And they letnbtto tell what; applying to S;~ul that ofthePfalme,TJ· S7·' · rants that have notGed hefor_e their'e1u {eelce after my Joule. ~nd that: rnderthJ wings jhallhe my refoge, ttllthu tyra11111ehe ov erpajl. Yet for all th1styra11nie,NepmJ 114 , faithDav:a'. ' , P{arpi•gthe Yet for all this ~e fel.l not i~t? the finne of all finnes, whichthey fiandfo much Psitflso!Ji«. on, Y[Hrpmg power m thtngs f}mtuall. Yes : and that woul<lithey have found too, Why ~did he call himfelfeHeaa' ofthe church? Indeed no :Samtteldid that for him . Chop; 1 S· 11 • He it was, that faid :When thouwert little in thine owneeyes,the Lordmade thee HeAd of the Trilmof I{rael (of which,rheTribe of Levi, was one : )forthat, Samuel mull an· fwer. But Sattl went further agreat deale; yea, further thanoza: For he tookc upon ch•P·'l·,,, h!m to facrijce in perfon himfelfe; to off~r burnt offerings, upon the very Altar, th~ h1ghefr parr of all thePmjlJOffice :that1s, ufurped further than ever did any. And all this Davidknew,yctit kept himfrom faying, ~pera'lt!, sh dJ' '"' They never had done with perfecuting and !beddingPriejls blond: was Sau!s fit;t·' ~,;,j,t7,~d. gerin that too ~ In rhar, be paffed : He put theHigh Priejl himfdfeandLXXXIV: Cho~. ,,,,s. more,all in oned~y/o thefw~r1: and all but !1ponrhe fingleaccufation,bur of Doeg, all protefimg thCJr mnocetme,m the fact ; and all, loyalty to him : and allbut for a d9zen1(hrwlgiventoDAvia'. This could not bur grieve DA'tlidexceedingly :it was for his fake; yet he faith, ~pera'M though,for all char. · B . iflif And one cafe more! give in for advantage. It iswell known,hewasaD.cmoni.ck; j,d ~\~~~ ' · one actuallypo/Jelfedwith anevil/ JPirit; which isacafe beyond aB other ca!~s : Yet ,.;NJPi>i1 • de~roy him not Ahijhai, though. So rhat,ifAhifhai,inftead ofinimicumtuum,had faid, Cbap.• 6·'i· GO'D hath jhut up I thu Tyrant, •thu rfurper, !this Per{ecutor, ithi; Pojfejfedpu., tie, this what you will; Davia'woijl,dhave faid no orherthan he did,~perd.u,ltill. I would faineknow, which o( all their dejlruaiv ecafes is here wanting : They beall here; all,inS.cttl; all in him,at the time ofthis motion : yet,all alter nor the cafe: Dil– v id faith frill, as hefaid. If then all be in s,ut, all incident, all eminent in him; nay if his cafe be beyond all; faid it mufr be, that D.cvidhere faith. Though he be any of thefe, though he be all thefe, defiroy him not; or derlroy himana' he aeflroyed,dejlrey him, and be the child ofperdition. !There w•"n I would bcloth to deceive you : Theremay feemeyet to want one thing. Here Hi 6 & pritfl A· was no High Prieft to excommunicate him,or give warrant to doe it : yes,rhat there bwhar. . w~s too. For Ahiathar fcapedthatgrearmaffacreofPriells bySa~t/ : andnow~he was ilwfull High Prieft. Now he lied toDav id thence,and brought rheEp!todwuh Clup. u bft. him. Soas by.goodhaptheHighPrieft was with DAviJnowinrheCampe,andthe Ephod too. There wanted, no juftcaufe(youfee) toproceedagainllSattl. There wanted nolawfullauthoritie; theHigh Priefi we have. TherewantednogoodWill inAhiathAr, yemaybefure,his father and brethren having beene munhered bySartl. Ch.>p.>J.6. [, D So here was all,or might havebeene,for a word [peaking. All would not. erve; .Ah v id is llill where he was ; faith frill, 1'(,!, perddf ; knew no fuch power, mth~Htg Priejlscenfure,was not willing to abufe it :cannot fee .!2!£ir,any perfon to ~oe1t ;nor any caufe, for which it is to bee done. Enough romakea ruled cafeo~Jtforever. That Abifhai may nor doe ir, nor Abiathargive warrant to it. Hischarge IS hondl(f perd,. : His reafoll good,chrijlmDomini ,. His fenrencejuft,'i'(9nerit infom : H1sc 4 • lrngeunanfwerable, JE.tt,is mittet ma1111m i And
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