Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 8:20
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1 Samuel8:20
20 That we also may be like all the nations , and that our king may judge us and go out before us , and fight our battels.
Woful Stupidity! Whereas it was their Glory and Happiness that they were unlike all other Nations, Numb. 23. 9. Deut. 33. 23. as in other Glorious Priviledges, so especially in this, That the Lord was their onely and immediate King and Lawgiver.
Marginal references: In times of peace.; V[illegible: 1+ letters]z. in times of War, as this is, 1 Sam. 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. 12.
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