Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 11:17

17 By faith Abraham when he was tried, offered up Isaac: And he that had received the promises, offered up his only begotten son,

By the same excellent Faith Abraham alone, and by himself considered, being tryed by God, in a rare way, to give proof of the Truth of his Faith in, and love to him above all, was to take his only Son, his Darling, and to offer him for a whole burnt-Offering on Mount Moriab, to himself, Gen. 22.2. Which Command of God was not unjust, he having absolute Soveraignty and Dominion over all Persons and their Lives, having Power to kill, and to make alive, Deut. 32.39. This Son of his

he offered up as God commanded; for in his Heart he had fully parted with him to God, and proceeded so far in Execution, as if God had not dispensed with it, it had been actually done, he would have killed him and burnt him to Ashes on the Altar, Gen. 22.3, 6, 7, to 13. This mighty Faith inabled him to do this, tho he was his only begotten Son by promise, and in the Churches Line, concerning whom he had received so many Promises, and in whom only they were to be fulfilled; as that a numerous Seed should descend from him, who should inherit Canaan, and through whom Christ was to descend into the World, in whom himself and all Nations were to be blessed. Yet Faith silenceth Reason, and natural Affection, assureth him, [illegible: 1 word] could fulfil his Promises by him, tho he should offer him: as he raised him from a dead Body and Womb at first, and gave him to him: So he obeyeth God's Word, and offereth him.