43 Q. How did he deliver them? A. By bringing a Prefent to Eglon, and then stabbing him with a Dagger, Judg. iii. 16, 17.

44 Q. What did Shamgar toward their Deliverance? A. He refcued Ifrael from the Oppreffion of the Philistines, and flew fix hundred of them with an Ox's Goad, Judg. iii. 31.

45 Q. Who was Deborah? A. She was a Woman, a Prophetefs, who delivered Ifrael from the Tyranny of Jabin King of Canaan, who had nine hundred Chariots of Iron, Judg. iv. 2-4.

46 Q. How did he deliver Ifrael from his Hand? A. She fent forth Barak to Battle against him, who routed his Army, which was commanded by Sifera his General, Judg. iv. 5.

47 Q. How was Silera flain? A. By the Hand of fael, a Woman, who when he came to reft himself in her Tent, drove a Nail into his Temples, Judg. iv. 18-22.

48 Q. Who was Gideon? A. The Son of Joash; he was called by an Angel, or by God himself, to destroy the Worship of Baal, and to deliver Ifrael from the Hands of the Midianites, Judg. vi. 11-14.

Note, Gideon had fufficient Evidence that this was a Meffage from God himself, for the Angel talked with him; and when Gideon had fetched fome Flesh and Cakes to entertain him, the Angel bid him lay them upon a Rock, and pour out the Broth upon them, then with one End of his Rod the Angel touched them, and Fire arofe and confumed them,

49 Q. How did he begin his Work? A. He first threw down the Altar of Baal the Idol by Night, and cut down the Idolatrous Grove, and then of

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fered a Sacrifice to the Lord, according to the Order he had received from God, Jug. vi. 25-28. 50 Q. What further Sign did God give him of Succefs? A. At his Request God made a Fleece of Wool wet, when the Ground all round it was dry; and again, he made a Fleece of Wool dry, when the Ground was wet, Judg. vi. 36.

51 Q. How many Men did God appoint for Gideon's Army? A. Out of thirty thousand he appointed but three hundred Men, Judg. vii. 3, 6, 7. 52Q.

52 Q. How did three hundred Men conquer Midian? A. Each of them, by Gideon's Order, took a Trumpet, and a Pitcher with a Lamp in it, and coming at Midnight on the Camp of the Midianites, they broke their Pitchers, and frighted them with a fudden Blaze of Lamps, the Sound of the Trumpets, and loud Shouting, Judg. vii. 20-23

53 Q. Did Gideon reign over Ifrael after this great Victory? A. No, he refused it, for he faid God was their King, Judg. viii. 23..

54 Q. Did Gideon's Sons govern Ifrael afterwards? A: None of Gideon's threefcore and ten Sons fet up themselves, but Abimelech, the Son of his Concubine, made himself King, Judg. ix. 1, 2, 6.

55 Q. How did Abimelech advance himself to the Kingdom? A. He flew all his threefcore and ten Brothers, except the youngest, who escaped, Judg. ix. 5.

56 Q. How was Abimelech flain? A. When he was befieging a City a Woman caft a Piece of Milftone upon his Head, Judg. ix. 51, 52, 53..

57. Q. Who was Jephthah? A mighty Man of Valour, who delivered Ifrael from the Power of the Ammonites, Judg. xi. 1, 32, 33.

58Q. What was remarkable concerning him? A. He made a rash Vow to facrifice to God the first thing that came to meet him after his Victory, and that happened to be his Daughter, and only Child, Judg. xi. 30, 31, 34.

Note, It is a Matter of Doubt and Controversy among the Learned, whether Jephthah, being a Soldier in thofe Days of Ignorance, did not really offer his Daughter for a Sacrifice, according to his Vow, as the Scripture feem to exprefs it; or whether he only reftrained her from Marriage and bearing Children, which in thofe Days was accounted like a Sacrifice, and as a Sentence of Death paffed on them.

59 Q. Who was Sampfon?. A. The Son of Manoah, and he delivered Ifrael from the Hands of the Philistines, Judg. xiii. and xiv, &c.

60 Q. What was his Character? A. He was the ftrongest of Men, but he does not seem to have been the wifeft or the beft.

61 Q. Wherein did his Strength lie? A. He was a Nazarite, devoted to God from his Birth, and fo was bound to let his Hair grow, and then God was with him: but when his Hair was cut, God left him, Judg. xiii. 7. and xvi. 17.

62 Q. What Inftances did he give of his great Strength? A. He tore a Lion afunder, he broke all the Cords with which he was bound, he flew a thousand Philistines with the Jaw-bone of an Afs; and when he fell in love with a Harlot in Gaza, and the Philistines befet the City-Gates, he carried away the Gates and Gate-pofts of the City with him, when he made his way out and efcaped, Judg. xiv. 5, 6. and xv. 13, 14. and xvi. 3, 11, 13.

63 Q. What befel him afterwards? A. He fell in love with Delilah, another of the Philiftine Women, who cut off his Hair, and then she betrayed him to the Philistines, who put out his Eyes, and made him grind in a Mill, Judg. xvi.

64 Q. What was Sampson's End? A. Thousands of the Philistines were gathered together to make fport with Sampfen; and in order to revenge himfelf of the Philistines, and to destroy the Enemies of Ifrael, he pulled the Houfe down upon their Heads and his own, Judg. xvi.

65 Q. Who judged Ifrael after Sampfon? A. Eli the High-Prieft is faid to judge Ifrael forty Years; but he is not fuppofed to be one of the extraordinary Judges who delivered them, but rather, that he was made an ordinary Magiftrate, perhaps, over fome Part of the Land, 1 Sam. iv. 18.

66 Q. Who was the last of thefe extraordinary Judges? A. Samuel the Prophet, the Son of Hannah, a pious Woman who had no Child before, and requested of God to give her one, I Sam. i.

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67 Q. What is written in Honour of Hannah? A. When fhe was greatly provoked and grieved in Spirit, he prayed to God at the Tabernacle, and fhe went away chearful, 1 Sam. i. 15-18.

68Q. Where was Samuel brought up? A. As he was requested of the Lord, fo he was given to the Lord, and was brought up at the Tabernacle in Shiloh under the Care of Eli the High-Prieft, 1 Sam. i. 22, 28.

69 Q. What was Samuel's Office? A. He waited on the Service of the Tabernacle as a Levite, being the First-born, and being given to God, Sam. ii. 18.

70 Q: Was he not allo a Prophet? A. Yes, God called him three times in one Night when he was a Child, and made a Prophet of him, and told him what Calamities fhould befall the Houfe of Eli the High-Prieft, 1 Sam. iii.

71. Q. What was the great Crime of Eli? A. Though he loved and honoured God himfelf, yet he did not reftrain his Sons from Wickedness, 1 Sam. iii. 13.

72 Q. In what manner did God fhew bis Dif pleasure against the Houfe of Eli? A. His two Sons were flain by the Philistines in Battle, and the High Priesthood went into another Branch of Aaron's Family, I Sam. ii. 27, &c. 1 Kings ii. 27.

73 Q. What became of Eli himself? A. When he heard that the Ark of God was taken by the Philistines he fainted for Grief, and falling down backward he brake his Neck, 1 Sam. iv. 17, 18.

74 Q. What did the Philiftines do with the Ark of God? A. They brought it into the House of their Idol Dagon, and the Idol fell down and broke off his Head and his Hands upon the Threshold, 1 Sam. v. 25.

75 Q What Punishments did the Philiftines fuffer for keeping the Ark? A. In feveral Cities where they placed it, God deftroyed many of the Inhabitants, and fmote the reft with fore Diseases,. 1 Sam. v. 6-12.

76Q. What became of the Ark then? A. The Philistines put it into a new Cart drawn by two Milch-Kine, whofe Calves were fhut up at home, and yet they carried it directly into the Land of Ifrael to Bethfhemefh, 1 Sam. vi. 12.

77Q. What did the Men of Bethfhemesh do? A. They looked into the Ark, which was utterly

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