And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
I pass over many interesting things, which belong to this history, considered naturally, in order to regard such as are spiritual. How delightful a representation doth the whole transaction afford of God the Father's love? Romans 8:32. How sweet a type is given, in the obedience and voluntary surrender of Isaac, of the free and voluntary offering of the Lord Jesus on the cross? John 10:18; Philippians 2:8; Ephesians 5:2.