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battle_n no._n to_o gather_v such_o general_a doctrine_n or_o use_n from_o particular_a instance_n in_o scripture_n as_o some_o have_v do_v from_o ezekiah_n demolish_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n or_o from_o ahab_n suffering_n benhadad_n to_o escape_v with_o life_n be_v but_o the_o symptom_n of_o distemper_a zeal_n mislead_v by_o ignorance_n nor_o will_v it_o follow_v because_o ahab_n be_v more_o remarkable_o and_o more_o severe_o punish_v for_o suffering_n benhadad_n to_o escape_v with_o life_n than_o he_o be_v for_o put_v poor_a naboth_n to_o death_n that_o therefore_o this_o slaughter_n be_v a_o less_o sin_n in_o itself_o than_o the_o other_o for_o we_o read_v that_o ahab_n repent_v he_o of_o his_o unjust_a and_o cruel_a deal_n with_o naboth_n but_o so_o he_o do_v not_o of_o his_o other_o folly_n in_o suffering_n benhadad_n to_o escape_v with_o life_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n god_n repent_v he_o of_o the_o sentence_n denounce_v against_o ahab_n by_o elias_n so_o do_v he_o not_o repent_v of_o that_o other_o sentence_n denounce_v by_o another_o prophet_n because_o thou_o have_v etc._n etc._n however_o this_o be_v not_o all_o wherein_o saul_n be_v faulty_a though_o foul_o faulty_a in_o all_o this_o more_o faulty_a in_o spare_v agag_n than_o ahab_n be_v in_o spare_v benhadad_n for_o god_n have_v express_o command_v he_o utter_o to_o destroy_v amalek_n not_o spare_v man_n or_o beast_n but_o so_o the_o the_o same_o god_n command_v the_o israelite_n to_o destroy_v the_o canaanite_n yet_o their_o sin_n in_o enter_v league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n be_v not_o equivalent_a to_o saul_n transgression_n for_o the_o condition_n of_o amalek_n and_o the_o king_n be_v much_o worse_o than_o the_o condition_n of_o other_o heathen_n more_o uncapable_a of_o pity_n from_o the_o israelite_n than_o the_o amorites_n or_o the_o hittite_n be_v for_o god_n have_v denounce_v hostility_n against_o this_o people_n by_o solemn_a oath_n exod._n 17._o v_o 15._o 16._o and_o moses_n build_v a_o altar_n and_o call_v the_o name_n of_o it_o jehovah_n nissi_n for_o he_o say_v because_o the_o lord_n have_v swear_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v war_n with_o amalek_n from_o generation_n to_o generation_n now_o the_o amalekite_n be_v thus_o solemn_o declare_v to_o be_v god_n enemy_n in_o so_o high_a a_o degree_n the_o israelite_n be_v bind_v to_o wreak_v his_o foe-hood_n against_o that_o nation_n nunc_fw-la olim_fw-la quocunque_fw-la darent_fw-la se_fw-la tempore_fw-la vires_fw-la when_o saul_n be_v make_v king_n of_o israel_n to_o fight_v the_o battle_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o at_o this_o time_n express_o enjoin_v to_o destroy_v amalek_n his_o sin_n in_o spare_v agag_n and_o the_o cattle_n be_v a_o sin_n of_o like_a nature_n as_o if_o a_o judge_n or_o swear_v magistrate_n be_v put_v in_o trust_n to_o do_v justice_n in_o a_o particular_a unto_o which_o his_o sovereign_a lord_n have_v peremptory_o and_o determinate_o swear_v shall_v upon_o bribe_n or_o other_o sinister_a respect_n neglect_v his_o duty_n and_o make_v his_o master_n as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v forsworn_a and_o for_o any_o inferior_a judge_n thus_o to_o do_v deserve_v more_o bodily_a death_n then_o one_o it_o will_v be_v disloyalty_n for_o his_o dear_a friend_n to_o sue_v for_o his_o pardon_n it_o be_v a_o most_o catholic_a rule_n in_o divinity_n of_o which_o the_o heathen_n have_v a_o engraft_a notion_n the_o ancient_a jew_n a_o undoubted_a tradition_n and_o the_o use_n and_o doctrine_n of_o it_o unanimous_o receive_v by_o primitive_a christian_n that_o wheresoever_o we_o find_v either_o matter_n of_o blessing_n or_o matter_n of_o curse_v denounce_v by_o oath_n there_o the_o sentence_n be_v irreversible_a god_n will_v not_o repent_v we_o see_v the_o rule_n first_o experience_v in_o those_o murmur_a israelite_n to_o who_o god_n have_v swear_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o his_o
joint_n or_o member_n of_o the_o body_n wherein_o the_o gangrene_n or_o other_o deadly_a spread_a sore_n have_v get_v possession_n or_o root_n from_o this_o internal_a imbred_a corruption_n he_o proceed_v unto_o more_o public_a and_o grievous_a wound_n or_o disease_n usual_o make_v by_o cause_n external_a as_o when_o israel_n shall_v be_v overthrow_v before_o their_o enemy_n v_o 25._o when_o the_o heaven_n shall_v be_v shut_v up_o and_o the_o earth_n be_v without_o rain_n v_o 26._o when_o there_o shall_v be_v famine_n pestilence_n mildew_n grasshopper_n or_o caterpillar_n when_o the_o enemy_n shall_v besiege_v thou_o in_o the_o city_n when_o they_o shall_v be_v afflict_v by_o any_o plague_n or_o sickness_n v_o 28._o the_o sovereign_a remedy_n for_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o these_o and_o the_o like_a be_v the_o very_a same_o and_o it_o be_v this_o v_o 20._o 21._o then_o hear_v thou_o from_o heaven_n from_o thy_o dwell_a place_n their_o prayer_n and_o their_o supplication_n and_o 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