Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	blood_n	lord_n	shed_v	1,770	5	9.8115	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97343	The Kings chronicle in two sections wherein we have the acts of the wicked and good kings of Iudah fully declared, with the ordering of their militia and grave observations thereupon : this section containes the wayes and works of the bad kings, with marks the Holy Ghost hath set upon them, for the terrour of all those who walke in the wayes of Israel, and after the counsels of the house of Ahab which was to the destruction of Iudah / published by Hezekiah Woodvvard.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3494; ESTC R1678	91,401	115

will of Saul and obeyed the holy will of GOD. A servant must not obey his Master to the prejudice of his Master he must not obey his Master against his Master his suddain will against his deliberate will And truly it appears from the Text that as the Peoples plea for Jonathan was the same which Jonathan used for David The LORD wrought a 1 Sam. 19. 5. great salvation for all Israel thou sawest it and didst reioyce wherfore then wilt thou sinne against innocent bloud to slay Jonathan without a cause So Saul better bethinking himself was as well or better pleased with it Certain it is Saul was then much encouraged then he ceased from following the Philistines and fought against all his enemies on every side and whethersoever hee turned himselfe he vexed them a ver 46 47. But he bent the strength of this battell against the Amalekites smote them and delivered Israël out of their hands b ver 48. yet so as he strengthned himself still against the Philistines with whom he had sore warre all his dayes and when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man he tooke him unto him But yet ver 52. Saul must not leave the Amalekites so he had smote them and delivered Israel out of their hands that was well for that time But that is not enough against Amaleck an old subtill Adversary and as bloody and GOD remembers him of old how treacherously b 1 Sam. 15. 2. he dealt with His people walking along the way doing no hurt would rather dye then do wrong and pillage these poore people Amaleck smote even all that were feeble not able to make any resistance when they were faint and weary he smote them as he do's that seares not c Deut. 25. 15 18. GOD. Now this comes into remembrance with the LORD for the debts of cruelty as of mercy are never forgot they shall be repaied and with great advantage Saul stands charged with this revenge he must execute this vengeance he must wash the Churches feet in the blood of these slaine GOD has provided him a mighty Army now for this very time and end for the execution of this vengeance he numbers his Host finds them to be no fewer then two hundred 1 Sam. 25 4. and ten thousand fighting men and now he must powre down upon the Churches treacherous Adversary The fury of GODS anger and the strength of battell e Esa 42. 25. Saul smote Amaleck before now he must destroy him utterly and all that they have he left Amaleck a name before now he must blot 1 Sam. 15. 3. out the remembrance of Amaleck from under Heaven he must not forget it f Deut. 25. 19. The charge is as full from Samuels mouth and he was the mouth of the LORD as could be put into words and it is the last Proposition of Peace that Saul shall receive from the LORD if he hearkens and do's accordingly a blessing follows if not he shall heare the curse and feele it too cursed is he that doth the WORKE of the LORD deceitfully execution of judgement upon the Churches Adversary is the worke of the LORD and when the LORD gives the Sword a charge Cursed is he that keepeth backe the Sword from blood We have heard the charge The Israel of GOD have the same Adversary now as Israel Jer. 48. 10. had then not in name but in nature the same An old Adversary as treacherous as bloudy If their superstition be out of ignorance as in part it may be yet their cruelty is from malice Israel stands charged against this Adversary as fully now as Saul then this I could make as cleare as the Sunne But because I have no space to make paralells here I must let it passe and take in three things here more essentiall to the Text. 1. How Saul answers this charge Deceitfully 2. What his Defence is weak and fruitles 3. How Samuell argues the case and at length convinceth him 1. Saul heard Samuell in all this he gave him his eare but his heart went his owne way he did not obey or if he obeyed it was by halves and an half obedience in GODS account is none at all he did not obey indeed f Exod. 23. 22. as the expression is often he did not follow the command FVLLY g Numb 14. 24 he utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the Sword and every thing that was VILE and REFVSE that they destroyed utterly h 1 Sam. 15. 9. But the BEST and all that was good he would not utterly destroy Nay the chiefest head of all he spareth that delicate person the King him he spared whose ver 3. Sword had made so many women childlesse him he spared he ver 32. would not smite him with the Sword he was too precious in Sauls eyes being King and the more vile in Samuels eyes as appears afterwards for he hewed Agag in peeces before the Lord in Gilgall A murtherer whatever he be King or no King must not be spared He has Polluted the Land for bloud it defileth the Land and the Land cannot be cleansed of that bloud but by the blood of him that shed it * Num. 35. 33. Saul spared him and the sailings as we heard the same partiality is used still the greatest sinners and sins escape still that which is pleasing in our eye and desirable we will have spared Thus Saul halves out his duty and his obedience is in GODS account as his execution upon Amaleck VILE and REFVSE We must then note once for all That a right obedience is strait to the Rule carries levell to the command and does fully therafter 2. And we will take Sauls Defence and Samuels arguing against it altogether Saul has done so contrary as we heard and yet he thought in his conscience see how unable we are to see our selves and how blind we in our own ways how brawned also the conscience may be by often forcing the same Saul thought verily that he had done very well and so he pleads for himself and Samuell against him and a great while it is for it is the greatest work in the world to convince a sinner indeed it is GODS work the hand of GOD must be there before Samuell can convince Saul that in sparing the Enemies of the LORD he has committed a sin which is as the sinne of witch-craft We must heare his plea for the heart is cunning and has a thousand shifts excuses and puts-off this he sayes first The people spared d 1 Sam. 15. 15 c. Samuel fits him there a Rulers plea has not half the strength he thinks it has this excuse will Plus Peccat Author quam Actor aggravate his fault The people spared said Saul No thou didst spare saith Samuell the charge was given to thee it is not considerable what the people do in such a plain case ever 18.