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as_o he_o do_v the_o priest_n of_o nob_n thus_o neither_o reverence_v the_o place_n nor_o the_o person_n martyr_n 2._o now_o concern_v sanctuary_n and_o privilege_a place_n though_o they_o belong_v special_o to_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o israelite_n have_v also_o some_o figurative_a ceremony_n in_o it_o as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o law_n of_o the_o remain_v of_o the_o manslayer_n in_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n till_o the_o death_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n who_o herein_o be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n numb_a 35.28_o yet_o according_a to_o that_o precedent_n it_o be_v lawful_a that_o for_o reverence_n unto_o the_o exercise_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o god_n worship_n such_o place_n as_o be_v consecrate_v to_o that_o end_n shall_v enjoy_v some_o immunity_n and_o privilege_n as_o be_v still_o commendable_o practise_v in_o this_o our_o nation_n that_o the_o king_n write_v shall_v not_o be_v serve_v in_o church_n and_o place_n of_o prayer_n at_o the_o least_o no_o violent_a hand_n to_o be_v lay_v upon_o any_o in_o church_n or_o churchyard_n 3._o but_o this_o give_v no_o patronage_n to_o the_o unreasonable_a privilege_n which_o in_o time_n past_o be_v challenge_v unto_o sanctuary_n by_o occasion_n of_o which_o superstitious_a immunity_n many_o foul_a and_o shameful_a enormity_n be_v commit_v and_o popish_a sanctuary_n fail_v in_o all_o these_o respect_n 1._o in_o the_o number_n of_o they_o they_o be_v exceed_v many_o every_o monastery_n light_o be_v a_o sanctuary_n whereas_o in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n there_o be_v but_o six_o appoint_v for_o the_o whole_a nation_n 2._o whereas_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o city_n of_o refuge_n be_v appoint_v for_o involuntarie_a and_o the_o small_a offence_n for_o those_o which_o trespass_v not_o of_o malice_n as_o they_o which_o kill_v any_o by_o chance_n without_o any_o malice_n yet_o they_o open_v their_o sanctuary_n to_o wicked_a person_n guilty_a of_o wilful_a murder_n and_o other_o most_o grievous_a crime_n whereas_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o take_v such_o even_a from_o the_o altar_n past_a as_o solomon_n command_v joab_n to_o be_v slay_v lay_v hold_n on_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n 3._o the_o man_n which_o flee_v to_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n lose_v his_o privilege_n if_o he_o be_v find_v without_o the_o border_n of_o the_o city_n numb_a 35._o v._n 26._o but_o their_o sanctuarie-man_n they_o will_v take_v and_o rescue_v from_o the_o place_n of_o judgement_n to_o restore_v they_o to_o their_o sanctuary_n 4._o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n do_v not_o cut_v off_o the_o magistrate_n authority_n and_o power_n nay_o the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o assembly_n or_o congregation_n be_v to_o judge_v whether_o he_o be_v to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n or_o no_o that_o be_v pursue_v for_o blood_n numb_a 35.25_o so_o that_o the_o immunity_n of_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n do_v not_o any_o way_n hinder_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n but_o they_o in_o their_o sanctuary_n keep_v man_n and_o defend_v they_o against_o the_o magistrate_n from_o the_o ordinary_a process_n of_o law_n therefore_o they_o abuse_v such_o privilege_n and_o fraunchise_n and_o for_o these_o cause_n be_v worthy_o deprive_v of_o they_o 8._o quest._n v_o 20._o how_o saul_n messenger_n who_o he_o send_v to_o take_v david_n prophesy_v and_o of_o their_o sudden_a change_n 1._o here_o the_o power_n of_o god_n mighty_o appear_v in_o change_v of_o a_o sudden_a the_o heart_n of_o these_o messenger_n who_o come_v with_o a_o full_a intent_n to_o apprehend_v david_n and_o to_o take_v he_o by_o strong_a hand_n we_o read_v in_o scripture_n of_o three_o kind_n of_o such_o innovation_n and_o change_n some_o be_v sudden_o strike_v with_o god_n judgement_n and_o so_o stay_v in_o their_o enterprise_n as_o two_o captain_n with_o their_o fifty_n that_o be_v send_v by_o the_o king_n to_o take_v eliah_n which_o be_v destroy_v with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n 2._o king_n 1._o some_o though_o they_o escape_v such_o sudden_a judgement_n heart_n yet_o be_v astonish_v and_o their_o affection_n change_v as_o the_o three_o captain_n which_o be_v send_v to_o eliah_n submit_v himself_o and_o beseech_v the_o prophet_n for_o his_o life_n though_o he_o come_v with_o a_o intent_n to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o the_o prophet_n as_o the_o other_o do_v so_o the_o messenger_n who_o the_o pharisy_n send_v to_o apprehend_v christ_n have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n unto_o he_o but_o return_v without_o he_o joh._n 7.46_o a_o three_o sort_n there_o be_v which_o beside_o such_o sudden_a astonishment_n have_v present_o be_v ravish_v with_o extraordinary_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o saul_n of_o a_o persecuter_n be_v sudden_o turn_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n and_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o also_o in_o this_o place_n the_o messenger_n of_o saul_n prophesy_v 2._o such_o sudden_a change_n though_o they_o be_v rare_a and_o not_o often_o see_v yet_o the_o lord_n to_o show_v the_o power_n of_o his_o spirit_n show_v sometime_o such_o example_n in_o the_o world_n the_o ninivites_fw-la be_v present_o reclaim_v at_o the_o preach_n of_o jonas_n so_o be_v many_o in_o the_o city_n of_o athens_n by_o the_o holy_a labour_n of_o the_o apostle_n paul_n augustine_n be_v convert_v from_o be_v a_o manichee_n by_o hear_v of_o ambrose_n sermon_n lib._n 6._o confess_v c._n 3._o m._n latimer_n use_v to_o go_v and_o hear_v m._n stafford_n his_o godly_a lecture_n to_o scoff_n at_o he_o but_o he_o be_v catch_v in_o a_o golden_a net_n and_o begin_v to_o savour_n the_o truth_n yea_o humane_a persuasion_n have_v wrought_v present_a effect_n as_o drunken_a polemo_n go_v to_o deride_v grave_a xenocrates_n with_o his_o garland_n and_o other_o youthful_a ornament_n but_o before_o he_o come_v away_o he_o pull_v off_o his_o garland_n and_o become_v himself_o one_o of_o xenocrates_n scholar_n much_o more_o effectual_a be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o work_v upon_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n god_n usual_o in_o these_o day_n turn_v not_o man_n heart_n on_o the_o sudden_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v continual_a exercise_n of_o the_o preach_n of_o his_o word_n and_o of_o the_o labour_n and_o diligence_n of_o those_o which_o hear_v unto_o their_o edify_n 3._o these_o messenger_n of_o saul_n when_o they_o see_v the_o rest_n to_o prophesy_v in_o sing_v of_o psalm_n and_o hymn_n unto_o god_n they_o join_v with_o they_o in_o that_o exercise_n for_o like_a as_o the_o load_n stone_n draw_v iron_n unto_o it_o so_o spiritual_a exercise_n be_v able_a to_o affect_v the_o heart_n and_o affection_n of_o other_o mart._n 9_o quest._n v_o 23._o of_o saul_n sudden_a prophesy_v 1._o when_o saul_n have_v send_v messenger_n thrice_o and_o none_o of_o they_o return_v be_v there_o detain_v not_o for_o fear_n as_o the_o messenger_n which_o joram_n send_v to_o meet_v jehu_n who_o he_o command_v to_o turn_v behind_o he_o but_o with_o reverence_n unto_o the_o prophet_n and_o with_o a_o spiritual_a delight_n for_o the_o time_n in_o their_o godly_a exercise_n mar._n then_o he_o follow_v himself_o not_o of_o any_o devotion_n but_o of_o a_o malicious_a and_o hateful_a mind_n to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n pellic._n even_o he_o himself_o also_o by_o the_o way_n be_v change_v wherein_o by_o experience_n be_v find_v true_a that_o say_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n the_o king_n heart_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n prov._n 24.1_o 2._o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o saul_n prophesy_v at_o this_o time_n and_o of_o his_o servant_n and_o a_o great_a change_n in_o he_o then_o in_o they_o for_o first_o he_o be_v vex_v and_o invade_v by_o a_o evil_a spirit_n before_o so_o be_v not_o they_o then_o he_o propehsy_v in_o the_o way_n before_o he_o come_v
to_o samuel_n so_o do_v not_o they_o until_o they_o come_v to_o samuel_n and_o the_o company_n of_o prophet_n further_o saul_n when_o he_o come_v cast_v off_o his_o princely_a robe_n or_o military_a attire_n all_o the_o day_n and_o the_o night_n which_o be_v not_o express_v of_o the_o other_o that_o they_o prophesy_v in_o that_o manner_n or_o so_o long_o 3._o and_o as_o saul_n prophesy_v in_o this_o place_n be_v much_o diverse_a from_o they_o so_o also_o he_o be_v say_v here_o to_o prophesy_v in_o a_o other_o manner_n and_o sense_n than_o he_o do_v before_o in_o his_o own_o house_n c._n 18._o v._n 10._o for_o first_o the_o cause_n be_v diverse_a that_o proceed_v of_o the_o evil_a spirit_n this_o of_o the_o good_a spirit_n of_o god_n which_o come_v upon_o he_o at_o this_o time_n mar._n then_o the_o effect_n be_v diverse_a there_o he_o meditate_v mischief_n and_o cast_v a_o spear_n at_o david_n here_o david_n be_v present_a and_o he_o have_v no_o power_n to_o touch_v he_o further_o there_o he_o be_v say_v to_o prophesy_v only_o because_o of_o some_o likeness_n in_o general_n in_o his_o strange_a behaviour_n as_o ravish_v beside_o himself_o but_o here_o he_o propehsy_v in_o a_o further_a degree_n communicate_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o prophet_n in_o their_o prophetical_a exercise_n junius_n make_v this_o prophesy_a and_o the_o other_o c._n 18.10_o to_o be_v all_o alike_o and_o refer_v we_o here_o in_o the_o marginal_a annotation_n to_o that_o place_n c._n 18.10_o but_o i_o rather_o subscribe_v herein_o to_o pet._n mart._n who_o judgement_n be_v see_v before_o that_o this_o prophesy_v be_v of_o a_o other_o spirit_n and_o so_o diverse_a from_o the_o former_a 10._o quest._n v_o 24._o how_o saul_n be_v say_v to_o have_v strip_v off_o his_o clothes_n and_o to_o be_v naked_a 1._o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o saul_n be_v indeed_o altogether_o naked_a but_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v so_o because_o he_o have_v lay_v aside_o either_o his_o princely_a robe_n as_o r._n chimchi_n think_v or_o military_a apparel_n jun._n and_o be_v now_o as_o a_o other_o common_a person_n so_o isai._n 20.2_o the_o prophet_n be_v say_v to_o go_v naked_a because_o he_o have_v put_v off_o his_o sackcloth_n which_o he_o have_v wear_v before_o so_o michal_n tell_v david_n that_o he_o have_v uncover_v or_o make_v himself_o naked_a 2._o sam._n 6.20_o because_o he_o have_v put_v off_o his_o princely_a apparel_n and_o dance_v in_o a_o linen_n ephod_n 2._o some_o think_v that_o saul_n do_v not_o only_o put_v off_o his_o own_o garment_n but_o put_v on_o some_o peculiar_a kind_n of_o vesture_n such_o as_o the_o prophet_n use_v to_o wear_v and_o osiander_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v certain_o so_o proculdubio_fw-la aliam_fw-la vestem_fw-la qua_fw-la prophetantes_fw-la utebantur_fw-la assumpsit_fw-la undoubted_o he_o take_v a_o other_o garment_n which_o the_o prophet_n use_v p._n martyr_n say_v fortasse_fw-la accepit_fw-la alias_fw-la vestes_fw-la it_o may_v be_v he_o take_v other_o apparel_n to_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o prophet_n but_o whence_o shall_v saul_n have_v that_o special_a kind_n of_o apparel_n for_o it_o seem_v that_o samuel_n speak_v not_o at_o all_o to_o he_o nor_o give_v any_o direction_n for_o any_o such_o thing_n and_o without_o his_o direction_n the_o child_n of_o the_o prophet_n will_v do_v nothing_o therefore_o his_o nakedness_n consist_v only_o in_o lay_v aside_o his_o upper_a princely_a robe_n behave_v himself_o now_o as_o any_o other_o common_a person_n 11._o quest._n v_o 24._o whether_o saul_n fall_v down_o naked_a all_o the_o day_n and_o night_n 1._o the_o most_o do_v take_v it_o that_o saul_n fall_v down_o naked_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuag_n lat._n genevens_n b._n that_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o ground_n as_o josephus_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o other_o that_o be_v ravish_v of_o the_o spirit_n have_v no_o use_n of_o their_o sense_n vatab._n but_o lie_v as_o in_o a_o trance_n but_o this_o can_v not_o be_v the_o meaning_n both_o because_o the_o rest_n that_o prophesy_v use_v not_o this_o gesture_n for_o samuel_n stand_v in_o the_o mid_n among_o they_o vers_n 20._o and_o fall_v not_o upon_o the_o ground_n as_o also_o it_o have_v be_v too_o much_o for_o saul_n to_o lie_v upon_o the_o ground_n a_o whole_a day_n and_o night_n and_o further_o whereas_o their_o prophesy_v consist_v in_o sing_v of_o psalm_n &_o praise_v god_n as_o the_o chalde_n interprete_v this_o gesture_n have_v not_o be_v so_o meet_a for_o that_o exercise_n 2._o some_o other_o therefore_o think_v that_o saul_n do_v not_o lie_v upon_o the_o earth_n all_o the_o day_n and_o night_n but_o at_o certain_a diurne_fw-la and_o nocturne_v hour_n appoint_v for_o prayer_n and_o prophesy_v he_o humble_v himself_o upon_o his_o knee_n as_o now_o be_v use_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n that_o in_o read_v some_o psalm_n they_o use_v to_o fall_v upon_o their_o knee_n osiand_n but_o who_o can_v think_v that_o this_o allot_v out_o of_o certain_a hour_n for_o prayer_n by_o day_n &_o night_n be_v so_o ancient_a as_o samuel_n or_o that_o such_o change_n of_o gesture_n in_o prayer_n be_v take_v up_o then_o beside_o that_o saul_n do_v thus_o at_o time_n can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o fall_v all_o the_o day_n and_o night_n 3._o therefore_o i_o here_o embrace_v the_o judgement_n of_o junius_n who_o do_v interpret_v this_o place_n according_a to_o the_o like_a numb_a 24.4_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o balaam_n fall_v that_o be_v into_o a_o trance_n or_o fall_v beside_o himself_o so_o here_o saul_n fall_v not_o upon_o the_o ground_n but_o fall_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n or_o beside_o himself_o for_o the_o time_n in_o the_o which_o state_n he_o continue_v a_o day_n and_o a_o night_n 11._o quest._n how_o saul_n be_v say_v to_o have_v prophesy_v before_o samuel_n it_o be_v say_v before_o that_o samuel_n come_v no_o more_o to_o see_v saul_n c._n 16.35_o 1._o some_o think_v the_o meaning_n to_o be_v that_o samuel_n see_v not_o saul_n in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o king_n for_o now_o he_o have_v change_v his_o apparel_n and_o appear_v in_o a_o other_o form_n some_o that_o samuel_n may_v be_v hide_v stand_v among_o the_o prophet_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v likely_a not_o the_o first_o for_o saul_n appear_v in_o his_o usual_a habit_n before_o he_o strip_v off_o his_o clothes_n and_o in_o what_o habit_n soever_o saul_n show_v himself_o he_o be_v saul_n still_o and_o so_o see_v of_o samuel_n nor_o the_o other_o because_o it_o be_v direct_o say_v that_o saul_n prophesy_v before_o samuel_n therefore_o he_o be_v not_o hide_v 2._o therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o samuel_n come_v no_o more_o to_o saul_n with_o any_o message_n from_o god_n neither_o have_v any_o more_o familiar_a conference_n with_o he_o as_o before_o for_o in_o this_o place_n samuel_n speak_v not_o to_o he_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o intercourse_n at_o all_o between_o they_o mart._n pelican_n see_v more_o 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