ACcording as God had ordeined Deut. 17,14. that when the Iſraelites ſhulde be in the land of Canaan, he wolde appoint them a King: ſo here in the firſt boke of Samuel is declared the ſtate of this people vnder their firſt King Saúl, who not content with that ordre, which God had for a time appointed for the gouernement of his Church, demanded a King, to the intent that might be as other nacions & in a greater aſſurance as thei thoght: not becauſe thei might the better thereby ſerue God, as being vnder the ſafegarde of him, which did repreſent Ieſus Chriſt the true deliuerer: therefore he gaue them a tyrant and an hypocrite to rule ouer them, that they might learne, that the perſone of a King is not ſufficient to defend them, except God by his power preſerue and kepe them. And therefore he puniſheth the ingratitude of his people & ſendeth thẽ continual warres bothe at home and abroad. And becauſe Saúl, whome of nothing God had preferred to the honour of a King, did not acknowledge Gods mercie towarde him, but rather diſobeied the worde of God and was not zealous of his glorie, he was by the voice of God put downe from his ſtate, and Dauid the true figure of Meſsiah placed in his ſteade, whoſe pacience, modeſtie, conſtancie, perſecucion by open enemies, fained friends, and diſſembling flatterers are left to the Church and to euery member of the ſame, as a paterne and example to beholde their ſtate ad vocacion.