...displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us : and Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 lso wisdom, and instruction, and understand*ing. 24 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt...

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...And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast 12 Hearken unto her voice, &C.] And the Lord laid unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people...say unto thee ; for they have not rejected thee, but ili:';. have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. Now therefore hearken unto their voice:...

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...indignation of their Almighty Protector, is evident from the declaration which he made to the prophet ; " They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I .should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt,...

...speaking under Divine authority, was regarded by them or not ; but this is the word concerning them : " They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them." In vain was even this declaration repeated to them ; for with all the means of forming a just conclusion,...

...substitution of a frail mortal : but the Lord consoled his last ancient servant : " Samuel, the people have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them." The Israelites deposed their God, for God was their Sovereign. The menace of Heaven was the future...

...guidance. What, doubtless, was his surprise and grief to receive in reply this divine communication. " Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they...have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even...

...the voice of this people in all tliat they say unto thee, (in reference, namely, to this subject,) for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them." Both their application to God, by Samuel, when they desired a change iit their civil government, and...

...emergency ? MARY. To the Lord ; and He saw through it at once, and said, " They have not rejected tAee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them." MAMA. And does this all-seeing and justly offended God direct His servant to punish the rebels, by...