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She used this as an argument with Abram to
marry his maid; and he was prevailed upon by
this argument to do it. Note,
(1.) When our hearts are too much set upon any
creature-comfort, we are easily put upon the
use of indirect methods for the obtaining of it.
Inordinate desires commonly produce irregular
endeavours. If our wishes be not kept in a
submission to God's providence, our pursuits
will scarcely be kept under the restraints of his
precepts.
(2.) It is for want of a firm dependence upon
God's promise, and a patient waiting for God's
time, that we go out of the way of our duty to
catch at expected mercy. He that believes does
not make haste.
Abram's compliance with Sarai's proposal, we
have reason to think, was from an earnest
desire of the promised seed, on whom the
covenant should be entailed. God had told him
that his heir should be a son of his body, but
had not yet told him that it should be a son by
Sarai; therefore he thought, "Why not by
Hagar, since Sarai herself proposed it?" Note,