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ALL Israel goeth against Gibeah, and that by Gods express commission and command, and yet 40000 of them are slain by that wicked and wretch∣ed Town, and by the Tribe that took part with it. Thus did God avenge his own cause against Israel, because Israel would not avenge Gods cause against Idolatry; they were so sensible of an injury done to a whore in Gibeah, but were not at all sensible of an injury done to God by Dan's Idolatry; when
God hath thus used Benjamin to execute his justice against Israel for not punish∣ing Idolatry, he then useth Israel to punish Benjamin for not delivering Gibeah up to justice; Othniel it is like was chief commander in this service, and Phineas was zealous in this case, as he had been in one of a not much different nature, Numb. 25. Benjamin is now Benoni, a son of sorrow, and Rachel hath cause to weep for her children.