...abusive reflections. '" See Mede, bi disc. 2. p. 14, &c. " Bochart, Hicroz. tom. ip 370. i SAM. VIII. 7. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO SAMUEL, HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE...HAVE REJECTED ME, THAT I SHOULD NOT REIGN OVER THEM. The Objector 0 produces this part of Scripture to countenance some crude speculations he has entertained...

...the Lord, even he smote of the people Jifty thousand and threescore and ten men 135 1 SAM. viii. 7. the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice...have rejected me, that I should not reign over them 137 1 SAM. xv. 2, 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how...

...Samuelis, inquit Abarbanel, semper attribuitur peccatum petitioni regis absolute, &c. Ubi supra, p. 427. thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a...And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said onto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they say unto thee, for they have not...

...disposed to examine Scripture by reason, as he is to expose it by abusive reflections. i SAM. VIII. 7. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO SAMUEL, HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN ALL THAT THEY SAV UNTO THEE: FOR THET HAVE NOT REJECTED THEE, BUT THEY HAVE REJECTED ME, THAT I SHOULD NOT REIGN...

...nations, ie th« hca Uien, whereas their true glory lay in being as much unlike them as possible. " But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give...the voice of the people in all that they say unto thec, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them....

...sovereign, the king of heaven. then, whereas their true glory lay in being as much them as possible. " But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, give...the voice of the people in all that they say unto theo, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected ine, that I should not reign over them....

...the throne of glory. — 1 Sam. ii. 8. When the people asked a king, the Lord said unto Samuel, &c. For they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. — 1 Sara. viii. 5 — 7. x. 18, 19. xii. 12. 17—20. Saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of...

...the throne of glory. — 1 Sam. ii. 8. When the people asked a king, the Lord said unto Samuel, &c. For they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. — 1 Sam. viii. 5 — 7. x. 18, 19. xii. 12. 17—20. Saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of...

...omnibus qua: dicunt tibi, non enim te reprobant sed me reprobarunt ne regnem super eos: that is, "Hear the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not cast thee awav, but me." (1 Sam. viii.) They wrench these words awry after their own phantasies, and...

...and the Lord said unto Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thce, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should nit reign aver them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them...