And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?
Ver. 18. What is this that thou hast done unto me?] God had reproved Pharaoh, according to that; "He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved kings for their sakes"; Psa 105:14 and now Pharaoh reproves Abram. It is a sad thing that saints should do that for which they should justly fall under the reproof of the wicked: we should rather dazzle their eyes, and draw from their consciences, at least, a testimony of our innocency, as David did from Saul's, when he said, "Thou art more righteous than I, my son David". 1Sa 24:17 "Whose ox have I taken?" saith Samuel. 1Sa 12:3 "And which of you can condemn me of sin?" saith Christ. Joh 8:46 Now, the life of a Christian should be a commentary upon Christ's life. 1Pe 2:21 "Ye are a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should preach forth [εξαγγειλητε] his virtues," 1Pe 2:9 and not hang his picture - his image and graces - in a dark hole, but in a conspicuous place. Bucer so lived that neither could his friends sufficiently praise him, nor his foes justly blame him for any miscarriage. And Bradford was had in so great reverence and admiration for his holiness, that a multitude which never knew him but by fame greatly lamented his death; yea, and a number also of Papists themselves wished heartily his life. a But to have Egyptians jeer us, and that for sin, is threatened as a grievous misery. Hos 7:16
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