an prevail &. : | nn as _ or paths, their Counſels and AQtions ; he wall keep ; (i e. ) bcth uphole, that they way nor fall, at leaſt into _ chief or utter Ruine ; and dire& and preſerve from wandring, an from thoſe fatal Miſtakes and Errors that wicked Men daily run out tos: þ Shall be put to filence : they who uſed to open their _ - : wide againſt Heaven, and againſt the Saints, ſhall be ſo confoun ap " with the wnexpetted diſappointment of all their hopes, and on 1 * Gods glorious appearance and operations for his people, 70 t rig ſhall have their Mouths quite ſtopped, and fir down in fi = - ' mazement and Conſternation : See 1/#. 15. 1. Jer, 8. 4 - 47+ + 6. 5 Both inward in their own Minds which are wholly in the dark, perplexed by their own Choice and Counſels, not knowing | what to ſay or do ; and outward, in a ſtate of deepeſt Diſtreſs and Miſery. k To wit, againft God, or againſt his Saints, as the Wic- ked were confident they ſhould do, becauſe of their great power, and wealth, and Numbers: Whereas Gods people were mean, and impotent, and helpleſs. And particularly, Peninnah ſhall not pre- vail againſt me by that ſtrength which ſhe hath, or thinks to have from her numerous Off-ſpring- Burt it is to be obſerved, that al- though Hannah takes the riſe of this Song from her own ——_— yet ſhe extends her Thoughts and Words further, even to the n ual Methods of Geds providence in the Government of the World.
he adverſaries of the LORD / ſhall be broken ro
Jeces oy : out of heaven » ſhall he thunder upon them o : the LORD ſhall judge p the ends of the earth 9, and hefſhall give ſtrength unto his king 7, and * ex-
orn 5 of his anointed r. — —_ his people ; eſpecially the Philifines, who at this time were the chief oppreſſors of Iſraz!. m Theſe and the following words are prophetical of what God was about to do: They who are now our lords, ſhall be ſubdued- #» 7. e- Out of the Clouds or Airs which is oft called Heaven. o As was done, 1 Sam 7. 10» Þ ze. Shall condemn and puniſh, as that Verb by a Synecdoche is oft uſed. 9 Or, of the land, to wit, the Philiſtines who dwelt in the ut- moſt Borders of Canaan, even upon the Sea-coaſte 7 Either, 1, Unto the Judge or Ruler whom he ſhall ſer up for the prote&tion and De- Jliverance of his people; the word King being elſewhere ſo taken. Or. 2. The King properly ſo called : and ſo the prophefieth, That Iſrael ſhould have a King, and that there ſhould be a great diffe- Tence between King and King ; between the peoples King, Sau!, whom they would obſtinately and paſſionately deſire ; by whom therefote they ſhould have bur little relief; and Gods King, David, whom Ged would chuſe as a Man after his own Heart, and whom he would ſtrengthen and affift ſo, as by his Hands to break all his Enemies to pieces. F #- e. Increaſe, or advance the ſtrength. 7? 1. e. Of his King. The ſame thing repeated in other words ; although it may have a Myſtical ſenſe and reſpett to Chriſt, the ſingular a- nointed one of God, and the ſpecial King of his people, whom al] their other Kings did Typifie and Repreſent, and from whom they received Authority and power. ; xx And Elkanah went to Ramah to his houſe, and
the child did miniſter unto the LORD « before Eli the
x. : | _ ſome way agreeable to his tender Years, as in ſinging, or playing, upon Inſtruments of Muſick, as they uſed then to do in Gods ſervice; or lighting the Lamps, or ſome other way: For, I ſuppoſe, Samuel was not broughr to the Tabernacle in ſuch tender years as ſomethink: of which, ſee on 1 Sams I. 22, 7 &, Under the Inſpe&ion, and by the DireCion and Inſtruftion of El:,
12 © Now the ſons of Eli were ſons of Belial, they
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fied: or grew great, famous and acceptable, as v. 26.
2 7, e. Preſented it to the Lord, fo be offered by the Prieſt. » For as the Lord's part of the Peace-cfferings was burnt upon the AJ. ar, ſo the Prieſts and Offerers parts were to be ſodden.
14 And he ſtrook it into the pan, or kettle, or ca1- dron, or pot: all that the fleſh-hook brought up, the prieſt took for himſelf b : ſo they did in Shiloh to ail the Ifraelites that came thither.
6 Not contented with the Breaſt and Shoulder which were allotted them by Ged. Exod. 29. 28. Levit. 7. 31s they took alto part of the Offerers ſhare ; and beſides, they ſnatched their part betore it was heaved and weaved ; contrary to Levis. 7. 3 4«
15 Alſo before they burnt the fat c, the prieſts ſer- Yant cams, and ſaid to the man that ſacrificed, Give fleſh to roſt for the prieſt : for he will not have ſodden fleſh of thee but raw. g
c« And the other parts to be burnt with jt. See Levit. 3. 3, 4,9" and 7. 31. fothis was an additional Injury ; for, leſt the Fork ſhov]d miſtake and injure them, they took ſuch parts as they beſt liked whilſt it was raw, when it might be better diſcerned.
16 And if any man faidunto him, Let them not fail
{oul deſireth 4: thou ſhalt force.
a We are content to Relinquiſh our parts to thee, only let not God be wronged of his due.
17 Wherefore the ſin of the young men was very great e before the LORD f: for men abhorred the of- fering of the LORD g,