1 Samuel 27

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXVII.—It is hard to withstand repeated and strong temptations to unbelief. It is prudent to withdraw from temptation, and especially for strangers to live as retired from courts as possible. And never shall we be losers by parting with earthly accommodations for the sake of God and our souls. But surely nothing can be more foolish, especially after warning given, than to expect safety out of the Lord’s land rather than in it. It is good to be always zealous against the Lord’s devoted enemies. But we have need of grace, not only to make us do well, but to make us honestly stand to what we have done: otherwise strong temptation will involve us in the guilt of the honest equivocation