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were with Saul in Michmash and in | Saul said, Because I saw that the mount Beth-el, and a thousand were people were scattered from me, and with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: that thou camest not within the days and the rest of the people he sent appointed, and that the Philistines every man to his tent. And Jonathan gathered themselves together at Michsmote the garrison of the Philistines mash; therefore said I, The Philisthat was in Geba, and the Philistines tines will come down now upon me to heard of it. And Saul blew the Gilgal, and I have not made supplicatrumpet throughout all the land, tion unto the LORD: I forced myself saying, Let the. Hebrews hear. And therefore, and offered a burnt offering. all Israel heard say that Saul had And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast smitten a garrison of the Philistines, done foolishly: thou hast not kept and that Israel also was had in the commandment of the LORD thy abomination with the Philistines. GOD, which he commanded thee: for And the people were called together now would the LORD have established after Saul to Gilgal. thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii.

AN

Lesson II.

ND the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves,

and in thickets, and in rocks,
and in high places, and in pits. And
some of the Hebrews went over
Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and
all the people followed him trembling.
And he tarried seven days, according
to the set time that Samuel had
appointed but Samuel came not to
Gilgal; and the people were scattered
from him.

Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii.
Lesson III.

A ND Saul said, Bring hither a burnt
offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
And it came to pass, that as soon as
he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came;
and Saul went out to meet him, that
he might salute him. And Samuel
said, What hast thou done?

And

Ry. Hearken, O LORD. p. xxix.

AN

THURSDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. xiv.

ND Jonathan said to the young -.man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said,

A

Behold, the Hebrews come forth out | fellow, and there was a very great of the holes where they had hid them- discomfiture.

selves.

Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi.

Lesson II.

AND the men of the garrison an

swered Jonathan and his armour

Ry. The LORD that. p. xxvii.

FRIDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. xv. AMUEL also said unto Saul, The

bearer, and said, Come up to us, and SA LORD sent me to anoint thee to we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, now therefore hearken unto the voice be king over his people, over Israel: Come up after me: for the LORD hath of the words of the LORD. Thus saith delivered them into the hand of Israel. the LORD of hosts, I remember that And Jonathan climbed up upon his which Amalek did to Israel, how he hands and upon his feet, and his laid wait for him in the way, when armourbearer after him and they he came up from Egypt. Now go and fell before Jonathan; and his armour-smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all bearer slew after him. And that

first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the

spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked so it was a very great trembling.

Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi.

Lesson III.

AND the watchmen of Saul in

Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of GOD. For the ark of GOD was at that time with the children of Israel. And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his

but slay both man and woman, infant that they have, and spare them not; and suckling, ox and sheep, camel

and ass.

Ry. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii.
Lesson II.

AND Saul gathered the people to

gether, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go,

depart, get you down from among the

Amalekites, lest I destroy you with
them: for ye shewed kindness to all
the children of Israel, when they
came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from
Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt. And he
took Agag the king of the Amalekites
alive, and utterly destroyed all the
people with the edge of the sword.
Ry. Ye mountains. p. xxvii.
Lesson III.

BUT Saul and the people spared

Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them : but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

Then came the word of the LORD

unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii.

SATURDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. xvi.

Lesson III.

THEN Jesse called Abinadab, and

made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.

AND the LORD said unto Samuel, And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send

How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee,

and say, I am come to sacrifice to the

LORD. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii.

Lesson II.

AND Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. 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.

Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii.

and fetch him.

Ry. Hearken, O LORD. p. xxix.
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.
All as in the Psalter.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Of the 1st Book of Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. xvii. NOW the Philistines gathered to

gether their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah,

and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail: and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi.

Lesson II.

AND he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi.
Lesson III.

NOW David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Ry. The LORD that. p. xxvii.

SECOND NOCTURN.

cease not to fight against Goliath or

his host, that is against the devil and his angels; whom yet they could not conquer, unless CHRIST, the true David, had come down among them with His staff, that is, with the mystery of the Cross. For before the advent of CHRIST, beloved brethren, the devil was loosed; but when CHRIST came, He did to him that which was written in the gospel: No man can enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man. CHRIST, therefore, came, and bound the devil.

Ry. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii.

BUT

Lesson V.

some man may say: If he be bound, why doth he yet prevail SO much? True it is, beloved brethren, that he does greatly prevail;

but he rules only among the lukewarm and negligent, and those who fear not GOD in sincerity. For he is bound as a dog is fastened, bound with a chain; and can bite no man except him who has come close to him in fatal confidence. Consider now, brethren, how foolish that man is whom a chained dog bites. Be thou, then, unwilling to approach too near the devil by thine own will and lust, and he will not dare to approach thee. He may bark, he may solicit, but he cannot bite at all, except him that wills to be bitten. For he hurts not by force, but by persuasion; nor does he wrest from us our consent, but only seeks it.

Ry. Ye mountains. p. xxvii.
Lesson VI.

A Sermon of S. Augustine the Bishop. DAVID, therefore, came and found

Lesson IV.

Sermon 197 of the Seasons. THE children of Israel encamped against their adversaries forty days. Forty days, on account of the four seasons of the year, and the four quarters of the world, signify the present life, in which Christian people

VOL. II.

the people of the Jews fighting against the devil, and when there was none that dared to go down to single combat, he, who was a type of CHRIST, went forth to the fight, took his staff in his hand, and went forth against Goliath. And in him was then figured what in our LORD JESUS CHRIST was fulfilled. For CHRIST, the true d

David, came, Who, when about to fight against the spiritual Goliath, that is, the devil, Himself carried His cross. Notice, brethren, where David smote Goliath: namely, in his forehead, where he had not the sign of the CTORS. For, as the staff was a type of the cross, so also that stone with which the giant was smitten, signified CHRIST the LORD.

Kz. I took thee. p. xxvii.
Rz. vii. I have sinned. p. xxviii.
Hz. viii. Two Seraphim. p. xxviii.

MONDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. xvii.

AND the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

Ry. Remember. p. xxviii.

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and took a lamb out of the flock: and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them.

Ry. Hearken, O LOED. p. xxix.

TUESDAY.

Of the 1st Book of Samuel.

Lesson I. Chap. xvii.

AND Saul armed David with his

armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed

him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.

Ry. LORD, if Thy people return unto Thee, and pray toward Thy holy house: hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and deliver them from the hand of their enemies. . If

and turn again to Thee, and confess Thy people have sinned against Thee, Thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto Thee in this house.

Hear.

Lesson II.

AND the Philistine came on and

drew near unto David: and the man that bare the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine

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