Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 15:15
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1 Samuel15:15
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sh[illegible: 1+ letters]ep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God , and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
i. e. The People. Thus, after the manner of all Hypocrites, he excuseth himself, and lays the blame upon the People; whereas they could not do it without his privity and consent; and he should have used his Power and Authority to over-rule them for God's sake, as he had done formerly for his own sake. But the truth is, he was zealous for his own Honour and Interest, but luke-warm where God onely was concerned.
It is not likely that this was his and the Peoples Design; but this he now pretends, and ascribes that to his Piety, which was indeed the effect of his Impiety and Avarice.
Whom thou Lovest and Servest, and therefore must needs be pleased with our Pious respect to him and his Service.
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