1 Kings — Chapter 15
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Verse 3
Amalec is strucken when the flesh is chastised by abstinence. S. Greg. li. 6. c. 1. in 1. Reg. 15.
Verse 5
Destroyed when the minde is restrained from vncleane cogitations. S. Greg. li. 6. c. 1. in 1. Reg. 15.
Verse 16
might, And he fayd to him:Speake.17, 4nd Samuel faid: When thou waft a little one-in thyne owne eyes, ( ¢ ) was thou not made chief in the tribes of Ifrael? And our Lord annointed thee to be King ouer Ifrael, 18, and our Lord fent thee on the way, and fayd: [Goe , and kil the finners of Amalec , and theu fhale fight againft them votil the vtter deftructid of them. 19.Why therefore hait thou not heard the voice of our Lord:but art turned to the prey, &haft done euilia the eres of our Lord?20.And Saul faid to Samuel: Yea I haue heard the voice the people took of the prey theep and oxen,the principal of thofe things which were flaiae,to immolatero our Lord their Godin Galgal.22.And ! Samuel faid: Why? wil our Lord haue holccaufts and victimes,and not rather thatthe voice of our Lord be cbeyed ? For (d)BETT-ER IS OBEDIENCE THEN VICTIMES : andto harken rather then to offer the fat of rammes. 23. Becaufeit is as it were the finne of inchant- mient,to refift, & as it were the wickednes of idolatrie,to refufe to obey. For as much therefore as thou haft rciected the word of our Lord , eur Lord hath reiccted thee, that thou fhalt not be King. 24.And Saul faid to Samuel : 1 haue finned , becaufe 1 haue tranfgreffed the faying of our Lord, and thy words , fearing the people, and obeying their voice,.
Verse 35
God is said improperly to repent, when he altereth the thing that he did before. S. Amb. li. de Noe c. 4.