Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
Ver. 51. And cut off his head therewith.] Propriis pennis configimur, said Julian the apostate, when the Christians confuted the heathens by their own arts and authors. The Papists may say as much when we bring the canons, decrees, and testimonies of the Fathers against them. Learned Whitaker tells Campian - the Pope's champion - very truly, Patres in maximis sunt nostri; in multis varii; in minimis, vestri. The Fathers are, mostly what, on our side.
And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.] Facti sunt a corde suo fugitivi. a God struck them with terror, as he did also the Guisians after that their duke was slain by the command of the French king, Henry III; b and as, before that, the French army, at the battle of Terwin, being beaten by our Henry VIII, they fled away for fear of the English, that this conflict was called, The battle of Spurs. c
a Tertul.
b Hist. Gallic.
c Paul. Jov.