1 Samuel 14

1 Samuel 14:9

If they say to us] The like is, Gen. XXIV. 14. and Judg. VI. 36, —40. These done by some special divine instinct; and so not Patterns for our imitation without like warrant.

1 Samuel 14:15

a very great trembling] The Hebrew phrase is, a trembling of God. And so, asleep of God, 1 Sam. XXVI. 12. Mountains of God, Psal. XXXVI. 6. Cedars of God, Psal. LXXX. 10. and CIV. 16. an Hoast of God, 1 Chron. XII. 22. Garden of God, Ezek. XXVIII. 13. The wrastlings of God, Gen. XXX. 8. A Citie of God, Jon. III. 3. Visions of God, Ezek. XL. 2. And so may we understand, Sinners of God, or unto God, Gen. XIII. 13. that is, exceeding sinners against God, Jer. L. 29. And so faire to God, Acts VII. 20. that is, exceeding faire. And so the flame of God, Cant. VIII. 6. A most vehement flame. A Seed of God, Mal. II. 15. A most holy seed. See my Observations on Jonah III. 3.