Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 12:23
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1 Samuel12:23
23 Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD, in ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the good and the right way.
Think not that because you have so highly Disobliged and Rejected me, that I will revenge my self, by neglecting to pray for you, or by Praying against you, as I have now done for your Conviction and Humiliation, and so for your Preservation; I am sensible it is my Duty, as I am a Man, an Israelite, a Minister, a Prophet, to Pray for you.
Heb. and I will, &c. i. e. I will not onely Pray for you, which is one Branch of my Duty; but will also Teach and Instruct you, which is the other Branch of it. And though you have cast me off from being your Judge and Ruler, yet I will not cease to be your Instructor and Monitor, to keep you from Sin and Destruction.
Marginal references: Heb. from ceasing.
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