...it hath dropped with sweet smelling myrrh unto me ; particularly these Psalms and promises : ' For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son' (Gen. xxii. 12). 'Neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your strength' (Neh. viii....

...incessantly flow. " Thus wisdom is justified of all her children," Matt. xi. 19. AUGUST 11. — Now I know thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. — Gen. xxii. 12. So spake Jesus to his friend of old. What ! did not God know that Abraham feared...

...offered. And what sacrifices did he offer ? Ans. see Gen. xx. 12. Now I know that thou fearest me, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me ; he had but one dearly beloved son, and he offered him to God ; and then said God, I know thou fearest...

...works. Of Abraham, God says, "Lay not 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." So we must manifest that, we fear him — by our conduct. But saints also obey the voice of his servant....

...answered. Abraham's faith is proved, 'even the faith that works by love.' ' Now I know,' saith the Lord, ' that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.' And may we not say, Now we know and are sure ; we cannot admit a doubt of it ; that God loves sinful...

...issued from the clouds, saying ** Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any tiring to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me." Hereupon the joyful patriarch offered a ram, which was caught by its horns in a thicket, in stead of...

...afterwards also justified by his works. For, when he offered up his son to God, then God said to him, " now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me,"Gen. xxii. 12. And James insists upon it, that this last justification is so necessary...

...die upon a cross, that we might be recovered to eternal life? " Now, know I," saith God to Abraham, " that thou fearest God, seeing thou " hast not withheld thy son, thine only son> " from me." But Abraham owed his son td God; God owed us nothing. Abraham had received his son from God by an extraordinary...

...[am] I. 1 2 And he said, Lay not 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 I thou hast given me the highest proof of thy faith and obe» dience, and sAottm to me, and to all...

...the children of men: thus", Now I know that thou fearest God, s Psal. Ixxviii. p. b Gen. xxii. 12. 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...