27 Then Gideon took ten men of his ſervants o, and, IT L bo g's —— {por of ground which adjoyneth to, and en« did as the LORD had ſaid unto him : and /o it was, 18 g ww rh —_ ones ed ent tes becauſe he feared p his fathers houſho!d, and the men of | 7, 0 1 Heece © para po egy rd the city, that he could nor do zr by day, that he did # |, q Cad - Mn | full of W 5 - by night G — our of the fleece, a bowl full of Water. _
o Whom doubtleſs he had xcquainred wirh his deſign, and the af- 39 b 9 Gideon faid unto GOD, Let not thine * Gens ſuravce of Succeſs in ity where: y rhey were eaſily induced to affiti anger D*© not againſt me, andTI will ſpeak but this ONCE 2 18. 32» him, if not ſincerely, yer foi t. e expettarion of advantage *o them- [er me prove,l pray thee, bur this once with the fleece. ſelves by it. p Not fo much, 1zſt he ſh-uld ſuffer For it,fr he knew | Let jt now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the very well th: doing it by night with fo many ha«.ds OE ny zround let there be dew g ,
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the diſcovery, and conteq.entiy the puntihment of ir; bur leit he s Which was wr 204 prevernarenel than theta
ſhould be prevented from doing 1t. hs | - : ; . ::{tamce, b cauſe if th:re be any moitture, ſuch bedics as fleeces of 28 E And when the men of the ity aroſe early inthe | yr,.n nu on hkely-eorduink 4 aw -- ; :
morning,beho!d,chs altar of Baal was caſt down, andthe] 15 Anq God did fo that night : for it was dry upon grove was cut down that was by it, and the ſecond bul- | the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. lock was offercd upon the altar that was built q CAP VI.
q Not upon Baal's A't r, for which it was deiigned ; but upon an | G;,1,9y with two and thirty thouſand Men encamps againft the Midianites$
Altar ereC&t-d in cont. mpt uf Baal. they, by GOO'S C d and ; : m , by ommand and Token are leſſened to 200, 1===8, He i en- 29 And they {aid one to another, Who hath done } c:uraged by a Dream, and ts Interpretations 9 =1 54 Dividerh his Army
this thing ? And when tie enquired, and asked, they. no 3 Companres : who all with one accord blow the Trumpets : and break ſaid, Gideon the for: of Joaſh hath doue this thing r. the Pitchers, wherein the Lamps were, in pieces 16 ——- 20, The Midi=
: : . . | . anites are terrified, fly and doftroy one another, 21, 22 The next adjoyning 3 Then the men of che cicy ſaid unto Joath, Bring Iſraelites purſue them to ſtop therr paſſage over Jordan. Two Princes of
out thy ſon, tha: he may die : becauſe he hath caſt | 7c Midianires are taken by the Ephraimues, 23 —- - 25- down the aitar of Pa:l,and becauſe he hath cut down Hen Jerubbaal ( who is Gideon ) and all the Peo- the grove that as b it. ple that were with him, roſe up early,and pitched
r Which they might ea i y conjefture, part'y by his known aver- | beſide the well of Harod : ſo that the hoſt of the Midi-
ſion from the worſhip of Baa!, and part y becaute no other Perſo! . , durſt preſume to vo ſuch athing ; but they niight more certainly anites were on the north-fide of them, by the hill of
l-arn jr from ſome «f the Perſons imployed in ir,who through fer | Moreh, it the valley. A
or fivour might info;m rhems ; : 2 And the LORD faid unto Gideon, The people 31 And Joaſh faid unto all that ſtood againſt him, | chat are with thee are too many for me 6 to give the
Will ye piead for Baal s? will ye fave him ? he that will Midianites into their hand, leſt Iſrael vaunt themſelves
plead for him, let him be put to death r, whileſt it z- yer | againſt me, ſaying, Mine own hand hath ſaved me.
morning « : if he be a god, let him plead for himfſeit x, | # i. ee For my purpoſe; which is, ſo ro deliver Jrarl, that it may
becauſe one hath calt down his altar. appear tobe my own miraculous att, that ſo. I may have all the Glory
s Why are you ſo zealous in pleading for that Baah for the wor- of it,and they may te more ſtrongly obliged ro Jove and ſerve me.
Dip whereof you ſuffer tuch grievous Caiamiries at this day,and from 5 Now therefore g0to, prociarm in the ears of the
whom you have no help? Ic is plain, thar 50ajb aad been a worſhipper | People, ſaying, * Whoſoever is fearful and afraid, let, ”
of Baal : either theretore he WiS DW consinced by Gideon $ Infor- lym return and depart early from mount Gilead FS. and S
mation and Action, or he makes uſ- cf rn:s Pretence to preſzrve his : . Son, being indeed 1ndifferent in m-tters of Religion ; ard therefore chere returned of the People twenty and two cheuſand