Ye protest — That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner — That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.
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1 Samuel 8:9
9 Now therefore hearkenb unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.