Wesley Corpus

To him - To David. Tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: "What do these solemn words portend A gleam of hope when life shall end. Thou and thy sons, tho' slain shall be To-morrow in repose with me. Not in a state of health or pain If Saul with Samuel doth remain; Not in a state of damn'd despair, If loving Jonathan is there." Tho' these words may only mean, ye shall surely die, without any reference to the state of their souls after death. See note on "1Sa 31:8" Fell - As if the Archers of the Philistines had already hit him, and there was no strength in him, to bear up against these heavy tidings: especially, as we cannot doubt, but all his past sins were now brought to his remembrance and what authority has any man to affirm, that he felt no contrition all this time Altho' it did not seem good to the holy ghost, to leave it upon record Came to Saul - From whom she departed, when she had brought him and Samuel together, that they might more freely converse together. Unleavened - Not having time to leaven it. Chapter XXIX