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& Left they ſhould hinder him in the execution of his deſign. / For he knew that God both could. and would for his promiie ſake, either preſerve {ſac from being facrificed, or afterward raiſe him from the dead, as it is intimated, Heb. 11. 19.
6s And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offe- ring, and laid it upon 1/eac his Son mz and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife ; and chey went both of them together.
»2 Who tho called a Lad, verſe 5. wasnow a Grown-man, at leaſt five and twenty years old, and therefore well able to bear that bur- den.and in this A& he was an eminent Type of Chriſt, who carried that Wood upon which he was crucified. :
7 Ar liaac ſpake unto Abraham his father, and ſaid,
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» A Compellation which might both wound 4braham's Heart, and admoniſh him how unbecoming to a Father that Attion was which he as going about. o Which Expreſſion ſhewed that he had not put off Father'y affe&ion to him, and that his intention did not ariſe from any unnatural and barbarous Diſpoſition, nor from any de-ay of Love to him, burfrom an higher Cauſe, even the de- clared Wi!l of God. | |. |
$ And A4briham ſaid, My ſon, God will provide himſelfa lamb p for a burnt-eftering : fo they went both
of them togerher. | p Either eicerally, tho I know not how ; for his Wiſdom and
Powe: are infinite : Or 2. Myitically. as Chrift, whole 1 ype If aac
was, is calle a Lamb. Thus Abraham prudently reveals the matter
to him by degrees, not all at once. ;
9 4d ti1cy Came to the place which God had told
him of, and 4b: aham builr an altartheieq, and laid the * James2. wood in order, and bound Ifaac his ſonr, aud * laid | wel him on the altar upon the wood. ; 4 Made of Earth flightly put together, as God afterward: pre- ſcribed, Eved. 20, 24. r Partly becauſe Burnt-offectags were to be bound to the Altar; of which ſee on Pjalm 118. 27. Paitly to re- preſenr Chriſt, who was bound to the Croſs. And rat [aac might be rh av re exa&t Type of Chriſt, he was b und by his owa Con- ſent, otherwiſe his Age and Strength ſeem ſuthcicar to have made an effequal refiitance, Ir is therefore highly reaſonable ro think that -braham having in the whole Journey prepa: ed 1/aac for ſuch a Work by general but pe-rinent Diſcouries, did upon the Mount paxricularly inſt uft him c ncerning the pl:in and - peremprory Command of God ; the ab'olure neceflity of complying ith it; the glorious reward of his Obedience,and the diſma! con{equences
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p event the fatal Blow, or to reſto-e his Life loſt with infinite 1d- vantage. Upon theſe, and ſuch like reaſons, doubrle(; he readily 1a'd himſelf down at his Father's feet, and yielded up himſelf to the Divine Will.
10 And Abraham ftretched forth his hand, and took the knife to ſlay his 10n.
11 And the angel of the LORD s calledunto him out of heaven, and ſaid, Abraham, Abrahams, And he {aid. B-hol4, here am L
s (1. e, ) Chriſt the Angel of the Covenant, as appears from v.12. 16. 't Herepzars his Name to prevent Abraham, whom he knew to be moſt expeditiousin God's lervice, and juſt ready ro, give the deadly Blow.
12 And he ſaid, Lay not thine hand upon the Lad, neicher do thou any thing unto him: for now 1 kaow « that thou feareft God, ſcing thou haſt not withheld thy ſon, tine oniy {«1 from me x:
u God knew the ſincerity and reſolve” neſs of 4brabam's Faith and Obedience before and withour this evidence, and from Ererniry frreſaw this Fatt, and al its Ci: cumftances; and rherefore you muit not think that Gd had now made any new difcove:y : But this is {p ken here, as in many other places, :of God after the manner of Men, who is then ſaid roknow a thing, when it is notorious and evident ro 1 Man's felf and others,by ſome :em.rkable Effe&. Thus Daw: / pray -d rat hs. 7 would ſearch and know his Heare, and his Thoughts, Plaln I39. 23: Tho he had before profeſſed that G d undery- ftood his Thoughts afar off, verſe 2. This therefore is the ſenſe. Now 7 know, i.e. Now I have what I deſigned and defred; now TI hav- made thee an4 other's to know. As the Spirir f Godand fCh iſt is ſaid tocry, Abba, Fath:r, Gal. 4.6. when it make+ us to cry ſo, Rom. 8.15. x For my Service and Sacrifice ; Or for me, i.e. for m ſake, 7. e. rhou hat preferred mine Authority and Ho:our before the L fe cfthy dear-Son. By which words it appears that God him- {elf ſpeaks theſe words.
*3 And Abraham lifted up his eyes. and looked, and behold, behind him + a ram y caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham wentand took. the ram, and
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T Which way he looked, either becauſe the Voice came that way 3 9: becau't he hard the Noiſe made by the motion of the Ram in the Thicker, y Which had gon- aſtray from the reſt of the Flock, and whole errors were dire&ed hither by God's wile and P 'werful Providence, and being young, tho ho ned, it mighr b Called either Lamb, as wwyſe 7, or Ron, as it is here. The e need no curious enqu'ry how he could off-r up thar to God vhich was not his own, both becauſe it was ov 2 © a n-ublick Place, and wn
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