Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Ver. 6. Calling him lord] See here, how in a great heap of sin, God can find out his own, and accept of it. There was no good word in all the whole sentence, but this, that she called her husband lord. God is pleased to single out this, and set it as a precious diamond in a gold ring to Sarah's eternal commendation. So, Hebrews 11:31, mention is made of Rahab's entertaining the spies, and not of the lie she told: God lays the finger of mercy on the scars of our sins, as that limner a in the story.
And are not afraid, &c.] Fear they must, 1 Peter 3:2, and yet they must not. Fear God, but not their husband's undeserved checks or threats for obeying God. One fear must expel another, as one fire drives out another.
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