...compliance with his will above all things in the world. So God himself expresseth it, Gen. xxii, 12, "Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only son from me." This was the tenth and last trial that befell Abraham. Nine times had he been tried before.* Here,...

...wirh his will above all things in this world whatever. So God himself expresseth it, Gen. xxii. 12. " Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not •withheld thy son, thine only son from me." This was the tenth and last trial that befel Abraham. Nine times he had been...

...Abraham had testified his readiness to obey the severe command, the Angel of the Lord said unto him, " now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." He repeated the blessing and assigned the reason, " because thou hast obeyed...

...love to God was supreme, readily obeyed. Now follows his justification, in these very words; ver. 12. NOW i KNOW THAT THOU FEAREST GOD, seeing thou hast not withheld thy SON, thine ONLY SON. And indeed this was sufficient proof that he did fear God. And thus he showed hisjaith,...

...Abraham had testified his readiness to obey the severe command, the Angel of the Lord said unto him, " now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." He repeated the blessing and assigned the reason, " because thou hast obeyed...

...heaven, a voice pierces the yielding air : " Abraham, Abraham ; lay not thy hand upon the lad : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me," Gen. xxii. 12. And this revolution silences the murmurings of reason, re-establishes...

...out of heaven, and said, Lay not thine hand upou the lad, that is, Isaac, for now I know that thuu fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy Son, thy only Son from me. Verse 14. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh. Verse 15. And the angel of the Lord...

...Here am " I. 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." * Instances on this subject multiply to every recollection. Churches have...

...said, " Abraham, Abraham, 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. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, a ram caught in a thicket...

...consisted in this, that to him the Patriarch offered his own, yea, his only son. Hence, Jehovah said, " Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me," Gen. xxii. 12. Had not Abraham been so nearly related to Isaac, his love to...