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providences seem to contradict them; for we live by sense.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as
it were a bowshot: for she said, let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, what aileth thee, Hagar ? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
In this distress, God graciously appeared for their relief: he heard the voice of the lad, Ge 21:17. We
read not of a word he said; but his sighs, and groans, and calamitous state, cried aloud in the ears of mercy. An angel was sent to comfort Hagar, and it was not the first time that she had met with God's comforts in a wilderness; she had thankfully acknowledged the former kind visit which God made his in such a case (Ge 16:13), and therefore
God now visited her again with seasonable succours.
(1.) The angel assures her of the cognizance God took of her distress: God has heard the voice of the lad where he is, though he is in a wilderness (for, wherever we are, there is a way open heaven-ward); therefore lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, Ge 21:18. Note, God's readiness to help us when we
are in trouble must not slacken, but quicken, our endeavours to help ourselves.
(2.) He repeats the promise concerning her son, that he should be a great nation, as a reason why she