A discourse on the eighth chapter of the first book of Samuel : Containing, an answer to three questions-I. What made it criminal in Israel to choose a King?-II. Whether we can conclude from this passage of scripture, that the office of a King in general is either unscriptural or detrimental to the interests of society? III. Whether the republican form of civil government has ever been sanctioned by divine authority? By Alexander Pirie, minister of the Gospel at Newburgh.