The Covenant Renewed and the Test Planned

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Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time, or within this three dayes, and if it be well with Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe it thee,

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The Lord doe so and much more vnto Ionathan: but if my father haue minde to doe thee euill, I will shew thee also, and sende thee away, that thou mayest goe in peace: and the Lord be with thee as he hath bene with my father.

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Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou wilt shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not.

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But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer: no, not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the earth.

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So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

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And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)

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Then said Ionathan to him, To morowe is the first day of the moneth: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shalbe emptie.

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Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes, then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel.

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And I will shoote three arrowes on the side thereof, as though I shot at a marke.

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And after I wil sende a boy, saying, Goe, seeke the arrowes. If I say vnto the boy, See, the arrowes are on this side thee, bring them, and come thou: for it is well with thee and no hurt, as the Lord liueth.

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But if I say thus vnto the boy, Behold, the arrowes are beyonde thee, goe thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.

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As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lord be betweene thee and me for euer.

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