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home, the better country. But nothing except
pride, passion, and sullen obstinacy, could
have driven any solitary person to brave the
dangers of such an inhospitable wild; and she
would have died, had not the timely appearance
and words of the angel recalled her to reflection
and duty. But Hagar was now out of her place,
and out of the way of her duty, and going
further astray, when the angel found her. Note,
1. It is a great mercy to be stopped in a sinful
way either by conscience or by Providence.
2. God suffers those that are out of the way to
wander awhile, that when they see their folly,
and what a loss they have brought themselves
to, they may be the better disposed to return.
Hagar was not stopped till she was in the
wilderness, and had set down, weary enough,
and glad of clear water to refresh herself with.
God brings us into a wilderness, and there
meets us, Ho 2:14.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and
whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
How he examined her, Ge 16:8. Observe,
1. He called her Hagar, Sarai's maid,