How long wilt thou be drun- when ye PRAY, believe that ye Re CEIVE THEM, and ye shall have THEM, ken? put away thy Wine

from thee.

15 And Hannah anfwered and faid, No, my Lord, I am a Woman of a forrowful Spirit: I have drunk neither Wine nor Strong Drink, but have POURED OUT my SouL before the LORD.

16 Count not thine Handmaid for a Daughter of Belial : for out of the abundance of my Complaint and Grief have I fpoken hitherto.

17 Then ELI anfwered and faid, Go in Peace and the GOD of ISRAEL grant thee thy Petition that thou hast asked of him.

18 And fhe faid, Let thy Handmaid find Grace in thy fight. So the Woman went her way, and did eat, and her Countenance was no more fad.

19 And they rose up in the Morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned and came to their House to Ramah and Elkanah knew Hannah his Wife, and the LORD remembred her.

20 Wherefore it came to pafs when the Time was come about, after Hannah had conceived, that fhe bare a Son, and called his Name SAMUEL, faying, Becaufe I have asked him of the LORD.

21 And the Man Elkanah and all his Houfe went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly Sacrifice, and his Vow.

22 But Hannah went not up; for fhe faid unto her Hufband, I will not go up until the Child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

23 And Elkanah her Hufband faid unto her, Do what feemeth thee good, tarry until thou have weaned him, only the LORD eftablifh his Word: fo the Woman abode, and gave her Son Suck until fhe weaned him.

24 And when fhe had weaned him, fhe took him up with her, with three Bullocks, and one Ephah of Flour, and a Bottle of Wine, and brought him unto the House of the LORD in SHILOH and the Child was young.

25 And they brought the Child to ELI.

26 And the faid, O my Lord, as thy Soul liveth, my Lord, I am the Woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

27 For this Child I prayed; and the LORD hath given the my Petition which I afked of him:

28 Therefore alfo I have lent him to the LORD as long as he liveth, he fhall be lent to the LORD. And he worhipped the LORD there.

CHA P. II.

1 Hannah's Song. 12 The Sin of Eli's Sons. 18 Samuel's Miniftry. 27 A Prophecy against Eli's Houfe.

Ver.1.

AND "Hannah pray

Luke i. 25 Elizabeth faid, Thas hath the LORD DEALT with me, in the DAYS wherein he LOOKED on me, to take away my REPROACH from among Men."

enlarged over mine Enemies :

ed, and said, My Heart REJOYCETH in the LORD, mine Horn is exalted in the LORD: my Mouth is because I rejoice in thy SALVATION. 2 There is none HOLY as the LORD for there is none befide thee: neither is there any Rock like our GOD.

Rev. xv. 4 Who fhall not FEAR thee, O LORD, and GLORIFY thy NAME? for thou only art HOLY.

Pfal. lxxxvi. 3 Be MERCIFUL unto me, O LORD: for I CRY unto thee daily.

3 Talk no more fo exceed ing proudly, let not Arrogancy come out of your Mouth: for the LORD is a GoD of Knowledge, and by him Actions are weighed.

4 The Bows of the mighty Men are broken, and they that stumbled are girt with Strength.

5 They that were full, have hired out themfelves for Bread; and they that were hungry, ceafed: fo that the Barten hath born feven; and fhe that hath many Children, is waxed feeble.

6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the Grave, and bringeth up.

8 P He RAISETH up the POOR out of the DUST, and lifteth up the Beggar from the Dunghil, to fet them among Princes, and to make them INHERIT the Throne of GLORY: for the PILLARS of the EARTH are the LORD's, and he hath fet the World upon them.

P Pfal. lxxv. 6 PROMOTION Cometh neither from the Eaft, nor from the Weft, nor from the South.

7 But GOD is the JUDGE: he PUTTETH DOWN ONE, and SETTETH UP ANO❤

THER.

9 I will declare for ever; I will SING PRAISES to the GOD of Jacob.

Io All the Horns of the Wicked

alfo will I cut off; but the Horns of the Righteous fhall be exalted.

Pjal. cxiii, 4 The LORD is HIGH

9 He will keep the Feet of his SAINTS, and the Wicked fhall be filent in Darkness; for by Strength fhall no Man prevail.

above all Nations, and his GLORY ABOVE the HEAVENS.

s Who is LIKE unto the LORD OUT GOD, who DWELLETH ON HIGH

6 Who humbleth himself to BEHOLD the Things that are in HEAVEN, and in the EARTH.

7 He RAISETH up the Poor out of the DUST, and lifteth the Needy out of the Dunghil:

8 That he may fet him with Princes, even with the Princes of his People. 9 He maketh the barren Woman to keep House, and to be a joyful Mother of Children. Praife ye the LORD.

9 Pfal. xviii. 13 The LORD THUNDRED in the HEAVENS, and the HIGHEST gave his VOICE; HAIL STONES and

COALS of FIRE.

10 9 The ADVERSARIES of the LORD fhall be BROKEN to pieces: out of Heaven fhall he THUNDER upon them the LORD fhall judge the Ends of the Earth, and he fhall give Strength unto his King, and exalt the Horn of his Anointed.

II And Elkanah went to Ramah to his Houfe; and the Child did minifter unto the LORD before ELI the Prieft.

12 Now the Sons of ELI were Sons of BELIAL, they KNEW NOT the LORD.

13 And the Prieft's Cuftom with the People was, that when any Man offered Sacrifice, the Pricft's Servant came, while the Flefh was in fecthing, with a Flefh-hook of three Teeth in his Hand:

14 And he ftruck it into the Pot; all that the Flesh-hook brought up, the Prieft took for himfelf: fo they did in Shiloh, unto all the Ifraelites that came thither.

15 Alfo before they burnt the Fat, the Priest's Servant came, and faid to the Man that facrificed, Give Flesh to roaft for the Pricft; for he will not have fodden Flesh of thee, but raw.

16 And if any Man faid unto him, Let them not fail to burn the Fat prefently, and then take as much as thy Soul defireth then he would anfwer him, Nay, but thou fhalt give it me now and if not, I will take it by Force.

17 Wherefore the Sin of the Young Men was very great before the LORD for Men ABHORRED the Offering of the LORD.

Ifa. lvi. 10 His WATCHMEN are BLIND they are all IGNORANT, they are all DUMB DOGS, they cannot bark; fleeping, lying down, LOVING TO SLUMBER.

11 Yea, they are GREEDY DOGS, which can NEVER have ENOUGH, and they are SHEPHERDS that CANNOT UNDERSTAND; they all look to their own Way, EVERY ONE for his GAIN from

18 But Samuel miniftred before the LORD, being a Child, girded with a linen E- his QUARTER. phod.

19 Moreover,

19 Moreover, his Mother made him a little Coat, and brought it to him from Year to Year, when fhe came up with her Husband, to offer the yearly Sacrifice.

20 And ELI blessed Elkanah, and his Wife, and faid, The LORD give thee Seed of this Woman, for the Loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own Home.

21 And the LORD vifited Hannah, fo that he conceived, and bare three Sons, and two Daughters: and the Child SAMUEL grew before the LORD.

22 Now ELI was very old, and heard all that his Sons did unto all Ifrael, and how they lay with the Women that affembled at the Door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye fuch Things?

for I hear of your Evil Dealings by all this People. 24 Nay, my Sons: for it is no good Report that I hear: ye make the LORD's People to tranfgrefs.

25 If one Man fin against another, the Judge fhall judge him but if a Man fin against the LORD, who fhall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkned not unto the Voice of their Father, becaufe the LORD would flay them.

26 (And the Child SAMUEL grew on, and was in Favour both with the LORD, and alfo with Men.)

27 And there came a Man of GOD unto ELI, and faid unto him, Thus faith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the Houfe of thy Father, when they were in Égypt in Pha

rach's Houfe?

28 And did I chufe him out of all the Tribes of Ifrael to be my Prieft, to offer upon mine Altar, to burn Incense,

to

to wear an Ephod before me? and did I give unto the Houfe of thy Father all the Offerings made by Fire of the Children of Ifrael?

29 Wherefore kick ye at my Sacrifice, and at mine Offering, which I have commanded in my Habitation, and honoureft thy Sons above me, to make yourfelves fat with the chiefeft of all the Offerings of ISRAEL my People?

30 Wherefore the LORD GOD of ISRAEL faith, I faid indeed, that thy Houfe, and the House of thy Father should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD faith, Be it far from me; for them that HONOUR ME, I WILL HONOUR, and they that DESPISE ME, fhall be lightly esteemed.

31 Behold, the Days come that I will cut off thine Arm, and the Arm of thy Father's Houfe, that there fhall not be an Old Man in thine House.

32 And thou fhalt fee an Enemy in my Habitation, in all the Wealth which GOD fhall give Ifrael: and there shall not be an Old Man in thine Houfe for ever.

33 And the Man of thine, whom I fhall not cut off from mine Altar, fhall be to confume thine Eyes, and to GRIEVE thine Heart and all the Increase of thine Houfe fhall die in the flower of their Age.

34 And this fhall be a Sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two Sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one Day they fhall die both of them.

35 And I will raise me up a FAITHFUL PRIEST, that shall do according to that which is in mine Heart, and in my Mind and I will build him a fure House, and he shall walk before mine Anointed for ever.

36 And it fhall come to pafs, that every one that is left in thine Houfe, fhall come and crouch to him for a Piece of Silver, and a Morfel of Bread, and fhall fay, Put me (I pray thee) into one of the Priest's Offices, that I may cat a Piece of Bread,

CHA P. III.

How the Word of the LORD was first revealed to Samuel II GOD telleth Samuel the Destruction of Eli's House.

Ver. 1. ND the Child SAMUEL miniftred unto the LORD precious in those Days; there was no open VISION.