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Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 16:8

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Genesis16:8

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.

By which Title he admonisheth her, that though she was Abram's wife, yet she was Sarai's maid, to whom she owed subjection and service, from which she could not lawfully withdraw her self.

Consider with thy self what thou art doing, what a sad exchange thou art making. Thou forsakest not only an excellent Master and Husband, but also me and my worship, which thou wilst not find in any other Family, and so castest thy self out of the true Church, and art running headlong into a place of all Idolatry and impiety, to thy utter undoing, and this meerly through pride and impatience.

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