...art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give...king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee...

...rejection of the THEOCRACY ; because Samuel was chosen and appointed by GOD, as their chief magistrate. " They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected ME, that I should not reign over them," 1 Sam. viii. 7. This furnishes an awful subject of consideration to the doctrine of the OLD TESTAMENT,...

...a king like other nations : and Samuel was displeased at it ; and he prayed to God, and God said, " They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them :" yet God bid him hearken to them, and let their own will be their punishment, and tell them what...

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...make them a king like all the nations. In this they sinned greatly : " And the Lord said unto Samuel, W) z ߕ E [{ ) _;K#( Ez _v - n4l4%* _$ b f/)e nȀ (6F I A &FͰ3 B D* w " (1 Sam. viii. 7). The invisible God was a King whom their gross imaginations could not apprehend...

...King, they did it in these very terms : — " Make us a King to judge us like all " the nations. And the thing displeased " Samuel, when they said, ' Give us a King to " judge us.' " Here it is evident that the whole royal function was meant; and the meaning of tSDt&n (commonly translatedyMf^ment)...

...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:...

...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...

...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...