them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his Horseman, and some shall run before his chariots (this description agrees with the present mode of impressing men) and he will appoint him captains over thousands and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground and reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots; and he will take your Daughters to be CONFECTIONARIES, and to be Cooks and to be Bakers (this describes the expense and luxury as well as the oppression of kings) and he will take your fields and your Olive yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants; and he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your Vineyards, and give them to his officers and to his servants (by which we see that bribery, corruption, and favouritism are the standing vices of kings) and he will take the tenth of your men servants, and your Maid servants, and your GOODLIEST young men and your asses, and put them to his work; and he will take the tenth of your sheep, and ye shall be his servants, and ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen, AND THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR YOU IN THAT DAY. This accounts for the continuation of monarchy; neither do the characters of the few good kings which have lived since, either sanctify the title, or blot out the sinfulness of the origin; the high encomium given of David takes no notice of him officially as A king, but only as a man after God’s own heart.  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel, and they said, nay, but we will have A king over us, that we may be