Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 16:7
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1 Samuel16:7
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature , because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth: For man looketh on the outward appearance , but the LORD looketh on the heart .
By secret inspiration.
Whereby thou wast once deceived in Saul, chap. 10. 23, 24. and therefore shouldst nor now be deceived a second time.
Men value Men by their outsides.
God esteems of Men by the goodness of their hearts, and hath now proceeded by that Rule in the choice of a King, and would have done so before, if the Prophets sinful Desires had not provoked him to give them a bad King.
Marginal references: Heb. Eye.; 1 Chron. 28. 9. Psal. 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20. and 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. 10. and 20. 12.
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