Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 26:9
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1 Samuel26:9
9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless ?
Though Saul be a cruel Tyrant, and rejected by God, yet he is our Soveraign Lord and King; and I, tho[illegible: 1+ letters]gh designed King, as yet am but a private Person, and his Subject; and therefore cannot kill [illegible: 1+ letters]im without Sin, nor will I consent that thou shouldst do it.
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