And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Ver. 25. Divide the living child in two.] This he spake for trial, a and that he might make nature speak in the true mother. The like is recorded of Claudius Caesar, and of Galba, of Charles the Great, and of Alphonsus of Arragon, when but newly come to his crown.
And give half to the one, &c.] So the Arminians would divide man's salvation between God's free grace and man's free will; Papists between Christ and their own good works.
a Some appearance of evil is not to be disliked.