1 Samuel 10

The master of the family in all his lawful commandments must be obeyed: now the church of Christ is a family, and we are members thereof; therefore we must yield obedience to him in all things, for all his commandments are just. When Saul was chosen king over Israel, certain men…

And I speak not only of carnal and civil wisdom, that, that only is to be denied in this case, but common graces, which many times chokes all the hypocrites in the bosom of the Church; they are commonly choked upon this point, upon these things they trust, and do therefore veril…

Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and you perish in the mid-way (Psalm 2:12). Because Christ Jesus is the Son of God, he should be submitted to and embraced with the heartiest love and subjection; for to kiss is a sign of religious adoration (Hosea 13:2), as they kissed the calves,…

Samuel, a young man, was sent to the tabernacle in Shiloh to be taught and trained up by Eli the priest. Samuel, when he was judge of Israel, erected colleges of prophets and ruled them himself (1 Samuel 10). In the decayed estate of the ten tribes, Elijah and Elisha set up scho…

The word To love, is not taken here simply, but for some special respect: and therefore he restrains it to the happy issue of his voyage. And so we may say that Saul was beloved of God for some private end; namely, that he might reign for a time, and might have the gift of proph…

John bore from the womb a token of future rank. Saul, while tending the herd, remained long without any mark of royalty, and, when at length chosen to be king, was suddenly turned into another man, (1 Samuel 10:6.) Let us learn by this example that, from the earliest infancy to…

But these Expressions are to be regulated and explained by v. 14. where he is called [[original in non-Latin script]], an Evil Spirit from the Lord, that is appointed and commissioned by him, for the punishing and terrifying of Saul. For as the Spirit of the Lord departed from h…

Thus we read of Samuel's being appointed over them, 1 Samuel 19:20: "And when they saw the company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them." The company of prophets that we read of 1 Samuel 10:5 were the same. Afterwards we read of their being under E…

The greatest provocations that men can give would not hurt us, if we did not, by our inordinate and foolish concern, come too near them, and within reach of their cannon; we may therefore thank ourselves, if we be damaged; He that has learned, with meekness and quietness, to for…

While we look at things that are eternal, not temporal, this light affliction; all is but light, and nothing in comparison: What is it for one to have a rainy day, who is going to take possession of a Crown? there is no man would be much sensible of a little cold in his head, if…

1. His Trial is set forth by two things. 1. The persons from whom it came, The bands of the wicked. 2. The evil done him, have robbed me. 1. The persons, The bands of the wicked [illegible] — the Hebrew word [illegible] signifies a cord, and also a troop or company not of soldie…

Herod, it is said, when he heard John the Baptist, did many things and heard him gladly (Mark 6:20). Saul was under a great change when he met the Lord's prophets — he turned prophet too (1 Samuel 10:10). Indeed it is said in verse 9 of that 1 Samuel 10 that God gave him another…

Second, a hypocritical mourning; the heart is very deceitful, it can betray as well by a tear as by a kiss. Saul looks like a mourner; as he was sometimes among the prophets (1 Samuel 10:12), so he seemed to be among the penitents (1 Samuel 15:25): And Saul said to Samuel, I hav…

Hypocrisy is a resembling of a moral good for vain glory: it is not hypocrisy to suppress tears in prayer, lest the man seem to seek himself, nor for a father to seem to be angry at his child or servant when he is not angry, nor to put on deafness at reproaches (Psalm 38:12). Th…

All that the Lord our God will speak to you, we will hear, but the Lord says, verse 19, O that there were such a heart in them, but it is not in them. 4. (1 Samuel 10:9) God gave Saul another heart, then a changed heart is not a new heart, a new spirit or a new gift in Jehu is n…

But directly this is the same with that parallel place (Titus 1:3): according to the commandment of God our Savior, where no interposition of that conjunctive particle can have place, the same title being also in other places ascribed to him, as Luke 1:47: my spirit has rejoiced…