Genesis 14

4. We hallow and sanctify God's name when we never make mention of his name but with the highest reverence; God's name is sacred, and it must not be spoken of but with veneration. The Scripture, when it speaks of God, gives him his titles of honor (Genesis 14:20): Blessed be the…

2. This shows sin is gotten to a great height, that because a man is low in the world, therefore he will Acheronta movere, go to the devil for a livelihood. Abraham would not have it said, that the king of Sodom had made him rich (Genesis 14:23). O let it never be said, that the…

As Christ, after he was tempted, the angels came and ministered to him (Matthew 4:11). As when Abraham had been warring, Melchizedek brought him bread and wine to revive his spirits (Genesis 14:18), so after the saints have been warring with Satan, God sends His Spirit to comfor…

The meaning is: he esteemed it a strange Country to him, and accounted himself a stranger in it. Against which, it may be objected, that he was familiarly acquainted with Mamre, Aner, and Eshcol, three great and mighty men of that Country: then he and they were confederates toge…

Objection 1. Genesis 14:18: When Abraham was coming from the slaughter of the kings, Melchizedek met him and brought forth bread and wine, and he was a priest of the most high God. Now this bread and wine (say they) he brought forth to offer as a sacrifice, because it is said he…

5. Mortify therefore your members, that are on earth, fornication, uncleanness, etc. Beza, Piscator, and others think it probable that Christ uttered this prayer to his Father, in the Syriac tongue, because the Evangelist uses the word [illegible], to be lifted up from the earth…

2. for those that are of affinity. Thus the kinsmen of Christ, are called his brethren: which the Helvidians not observing, thought they had been his natural brethren, by the virgin Mary: thus Abraham and Lot are called brethren (Genesis 13:8, 14), though Lot was but his brother…

It may be also that the Dumeans molested God's people, while their neighbors assailed them on all sides. Of Seir.] It was a mountain of Idumea, as it appears (Genesis 14:6). And under the name of this mountain, he comprehends the whole kingdom.

But he redeemed him often besides that; to wit, when he was in danger in Egypt and in Gerar (Genesis 12:17; 20:14). Also when he discomfited the kings (Genesis 14:16). Lastly, when God granted him issue even at the time when he was past power to beget any (Genesis 21:2).

Drew near.] By this, some understand, that the unbelievers took a narrow view of God's works. For we use to draw near when we would be more certainly informed of any new thing: others refer it to the King of Sodom, who met Abraham (Genesis 14:17), but these things, as I think, s…

But while He is the only Author of all blessing, yet that men might obtain a familiar view of his grace, he chose that at first the priests should bless in his name as mediators. Thus Melchizedek blessed Abraham, (Genesis 14:19,) and in Numbers 6:23-27, a perpetual law is laid d…

Secondly, this is a perfect platforme of prayer, and therefore must containe petition for temporall blessings, els it were not perfect: now we cannot comprehend our requests for temporall blessings under any other petition but this onely, and therefore Christ here propounds them…

So that as Abraham had a seal of the covenant in circumcision that was equivalent to baptism, so now he had a seal of it equivalent to the Lord's supper. Melchizedek's coming to meet him with such a seal of the covenant of grace, on the occasion of this victory of his over the k…

Though God has communicated these things to the children of men, yet he has reserved the dominion in his own hands: So (Haggai 2:8), The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of Hosts. He never disposed anything so into the creature's hands, but still he has reserv…

Indeed in so doing he should crosse himself in his own grand design, which is the glory of God, and the happiness of his own soul in enjoying of him; upon these very termes the servants of God have refused to be rich and great in the world, when either of these lay at stake; Mos…

Families, Families. These kind of ingeminations do not always signify every family, but sometimes sundry and many families, sometimes universality, and sometimes multitude, as Hebrew grammarians say; as to show you some instances, (Genesis 14:10) the valley was full of slime pit…

We have a remarkable instance in Abraham, of God's rewarding deeds of charity with sweet discoveries of himself, when he had been remarkably charitable to his brother Lot, and the people that he had redeemed out of captivity with him, by exposing his life to rescue them, and had…