The delltded Confcien&e. mie as long as poffibly he can, till either Cap. I g.· neceffitie force t\lem to quit the ftrvice, or--– they without fhoot in arrows with letters, giving notice how th€y are bongbt atJd fold (by their Commanders for their own ends) and offers of mercie, and fair quarter upon fubmia1on, and coming in, or ofputting all to the fword without merde, if they frill ftand out. Then do the fouldiers and inhabitants refolvc to rifeup againft fucha Commander, they feize on him , and to make their own peace,throw; over his head,as they 2 Sam. 20 • didSbeba's once in fuch a cafe. Such is Sa- 22. tans policie tokeep poor fouls in ob,edience, by promifing them fecuritie, till God in his mercie be pleafcd to fho~t in t~rrfJWI of deliverance upon fubmiffion, or of deftrutl:ion upon contempt ofgrace offered. Thencloth the foul rife up againft Satan , refolves to - feek OI.Jt for his own fafetie by cafiing him· felf on the merde of Gvd, and will go out though he die for it : for he fees he is a dead man elfe if he Bt frill. Ahabdeluded 1peaks 1 K. 22 of n9thing but Peace andviliorie, Keep Mi.. 27 m. • cajah inprifon till I return iv peace. Satan was •· a lying fpirit to entice him to go on that he might fall. Micajah fhot in an t~rrow of deliverance, ifhe would have fubmitted, 1[aw all I Kin.22g · Ifrael foattered, ht them return every man to his 17• own houfe in peace. Ahab ftood out frill, and would~oon. The next arrow was an arrow · ofdeftruf1irm, a fata] arrow came and pietcedver.34· his armor in the joyntsof it. H(! was now a. dead man, The
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