...thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his...

...(Ex. xxiii. 21) ; and the still earlier manifestation (Gen. xxii. 12), " / know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." In chap. iii. the priesthood is carried through to its consummation, as the temple had been in the...

...speaks the language of the children of men: thus, Gen. xxii. 12. Now I know that thou fearest Qod, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from, me. God delights to call forth his champions to meet with great temptations, to make them bear crosses...

...dispositions. " By faith, Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac." " By this I know that thoufenrest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." Heb. xi. 17. Gen. xxii. 12. The words of the Lord Jesus to the apostle of the Gentiles shows the holy...

...unequivocal token of your filial affection. ' Now I know that thou lovest me,' said he to Abraham, ' seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.' It requires the same kind of grace, if not the same degree of grace, to resign a child willingly to...

...thine band upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." Thus Abraham manifested his faith by the work of obedience which he performed in not withholding his...

...unequivocal token of your filial affection. " Now I know that thou lovest me," said he to Abraham, " seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." It requires the' same kind of grace, if not the same degree of grace, to resign a child willingly to...

...sacrifice one. What was the severest trial of Abraham's regard for God! "Now I know that thou fearest me, seeing thou hast not withheld — thy son — thine — only son from me." How dignified was God's Son ! " For to which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my son, this...

...not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him ; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." Oh, who shall dare essay to paint the joy that filled the Patriarch's breast, on receiving his dear...

...Abraham had proved faithful under this trial, God says to hhn, " Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." Which plainly implies, that, in this practical exercise of Abraham's grace under this trial, was a...