[ontemplationr. L IB.XII. :ivcnge on himfelf the breach ofhis divine command.If I•natban had aot found bet- \ A rer friends then his father, fo noble a viClory had beene recompenced with death ; He rhat faved Jfrad from the Philiftim<,is faved by lfrad from the hand ofhis Fa- 1 ther: Sat~ I hath fworn l.ndlhans death,the people contrarily fwear his prefervation; i his Kin~dome was nor yer fo abfolure, that he could runawaywtthfo uamercifull a Ju(lice; their Oath rhat favoured ofdifobedience,prevailcdagainft his Oath that favoured too ftrong ofcmelty: Neitherdoubt I, but Sa11lwas fecrerly not difpleafed with this loving rdiftance: So long os his heart was not falfe to his Oath, he could not be forry that lonathan lhould live.
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