Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 12:19

19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God , that we die not : for we have added unto all our sins, this evil, to ask us a king .

For so we shall still own our selves to be, though we have got another Master.

Whom thou hast so great an Interest in, and canst so easily prevail with for any Mercy, whilst we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God, because we have so highly offended him.

That this terrible Storm may be taken away, lest our Persons and the Fruits of the Earth be all Destroyed.

So horribly were they biassed with their prejudices and passions, that nothing but a Miracle could convince them of this particular Sin.