A   And th&ebar; Samuel toke a vessell of oyle, ∧ powred it vp&obar; hys heed, ∧ ^note kyssed him, ∧ sayde: hath not the Lord anoynted the, to be captayne ouer hys enheritaunce? (and thou shalt delyuer hys people out of the handes of theyr enemyes, whych are rounde aboute th&ebar;. And thys token shalt thou haue, that the Lorde hath anoynted the to be Prynce.) When þu; art departed fr&obar; me this daye, þu; shalt fynde two m&ebar; by ^note Rahels sepulcre in the border of B&ebar;Iamin, euen at Zalezah. And they will saye vnto the: þe; asses which þu; wentest to seke, are fo&ubar;de. And lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, ∧ soroweth for you, sayenge: what shall I do for my sonne? Th&ebar; shalt þu; go forth fr&obar; th&ebar;ce, ∧ shalt come to the playne of Thabor. And there shall mete the thre m&ebar; goinge vp, &rhand; to God to Bethel: one caryeng thre kiddes: ∧ another cary&ebar;g thre loues of breed: ∧ another cary&ebar;g a botell of wyne. And they wyll salute þe;, ∧ geue the two loues of breed: which thou shalt receaue of theyr h&abar;des. After þt; shalt thou come to &rhand; the hyll of God, where þe; Philistines kepe their watche. B   And when thou art come thyther to the cytie, þu; shalt mete &rhand; a companye of prophetes c&obar;minge downe fr&obar; the hill, &wt; a psalter, a tymbrell, a pype, ∧ a harpe before th&ebar;, ∧ &rhand; they shall prophesye. And the sprete of the Lorde wyll come vp&obar; the also, ∧ þu; shalt prophesye,

Saul with them, and shalt be turned into another man. Therfore wh&ebar; ^note these signes are cha&ubar;ced the, do what thou hast to do, for God is wyth the. And þu; shalt go before me to Gilgal. And I also wyll come downe vnto the, to sacrifye burntsacrifyces, and to offre peace offerynges ^note Tary for me seu&ebar; dayes, tyll I come to the, and shew the, what thou shalt do. And assone as he had turned hys shoulder to go fr&obar; Samuel, God gaue hym another maner of herte, ∧ all those tokens came to passe that same daye. And wh&ebar; they came to the hill: beholde, the companye of prophetes met hym, and ^note the sprete of God cam vpon hym also, ∧ he prophesyed am&obar;g them. And all that knewe hym before, when they sawe that he prophesyed am&obar;ge the prophetes, they sayd eche to other: what is this þt; is happened vnto the sonne of Cis? ^note C   Is Saul also amonge the prophetes? And one of the same place answered ∧ sayde: who is their father? And therof came the prouerbe: what, is &rhand; Saul also amonge the prophetes? And when he had made an ende of prophesy&ebar;g, he cam to the hill. And Saules fathers brother sayde vnto hym and to hys lad: whether w&ebar;t ye? He sayde: to seke the asses: ∧ wh&ebar; we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. And Sauls vncle sayde: tell me what Samuel sayde vnto you? Saul answered his vncle: he tolde vs planely, that the asses were founde. But of the kyngdome wherof Samuel spake, tolde he hym not. And Samuel called the people together vnto þe; Lorde to Mizpa, and sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel: thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: I brought Israel out of Egypt, and delyuered you out of the hande of the Egypcy&abar;s, ∧ out of the h&abar;des of all kyngdomes that troubled you. And ye haue this daye cast awaye youre God that helped you out of all youre aduersyties ∧ tribulacy&obar;s. And ye haue sayd vnto hym: ^note make a kynge ouer vs. Nowe therfore stande ye before the Lorde by youre trybes ∧ youre thousandes. D   And wh&abar; Samuel had brought all the tribes of Israel, the tribe of B&ebar;Iamin was caught. Wh&ebar; he had brought the tribe of B&ebar;Iamin by their kynredes, the kynred of Matri was caught: and at the last Saul þe; sonne of Cis was caught. And wh&abar; they sought hym, he coulde not be founde. Therfore they asked the Lorde further, yf the man shulde come thither. And the Lorde answered: beholde, he hath hydd hym selfe amonge the stuffe. And they ranne ∧ fet him th&ebar;ce. And when he stode am&obar;ge the people, he was hyer then any of the people, fr&obar; þe; shoulders vpwarde. And Samuel sayde to all the people: Se ye not him, wh&obar; the Lorde hath chosen, ∧ howe there is none lyke hym amonge all the people? And all the people showted ∧ sayde: ^note God lend the kynge lyfe. Saul

Then Samuel tolde the people ^note &rhand; the dutye of the kyngdome, ∧ wrote it in a boke, and layde it vp before the Lorde, and sent all the people awaye, euery man to hys house. And Saul also went home to Gibea. And there &club; folowed him strong men, whose hertes God had touched. But the chyldr&ebar; of Belial sayde: howe shall he saue vs? ^note and they despised him, and brought him no presentes. And he helde is tonge.

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