They shall bring them forth to the murderers

They shall bring them forth to the murderers.

Sometimes indeed in war men are led forth even by the treachery or the spight at least of commanders in the war, only that they might be a prey to the murderers; if any wicked officers in an army have a spight against a man, or any particular company of men, ordinarily their spight is most against godly men in their army, a wicked, swearing, deboist officer that has a spight against godly men in an army he will set them upon the most desperat service, there enjoyn them upon pain of death to do service and not to stir, on purpose that they might be cut off, or at least hoping that they will fall into the hand of the murderer. Just in this case like to David, for his own ends in another way, that would set Uriah in the forefront and would have others withdraw from him; on purpose that he might fall by the enemy.