{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But let us rather hear the divine words spoken through\r\nthe angel. For the Scripture says, \"And Abraham stretched\r\nforth his hand to take the knife, that he might slay his son.\r\nAnd the Angel of the Lord called unto him from heaven, and\r\nsaid, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay\r\nnot thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto\r\nhim: for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not\r\nspared thy beloved son for my sake.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_307_307\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_307_307\">[307]</a> It is said, \"Now I\r\nknow,\" that is, Now I have made to be known; for God was not\r\npreviously ignorant of this. Then, having offered up that ram<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_149\">[Pg 149]</a></span>\r\ninstead of Isaac his son, \"Abraham,\" as we read, \"called the\r\nname of that place The Lord seeth: as they say this day, In\r\nthe mount the Lord hath appeared.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_308_308\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_308_308\">[308]</a> As it is said, \"Now I\r\nknow,\" for Now I have made to be known, so here, \"The\r\nLord sees,\" for The Lord hath appeared, that is, made Himself\r\nto be seen. \"And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham\r\nfrom heaven the second time, saying, By myself have I sworn,\r\nsaith the Lord; because thou hast done this thing, and hast\r\nnot spared thy beloved son for my sake; that in blessing I\r\nwill bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed\r\nas the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore;\r\nand thy seed shall possess by inheritance the cities of\r\nthe adversaries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the\r\nearth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_309_309\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_309_309\">[309]</a> In\r\nthis manner is that promise concerning the calling of the\r\nnations in the seed of Abraham confirmed even by the oath\r\nof God, after that burnt-offering which typified Christ. For\r\nHe had often promised, but never sworn. And what is the\r\noath of God, the true and faithful, but a confirmation of the\r\npromise, and a certain reproof to the unbelieving?</p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK SIXTEENTH.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-253"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8aa69d5f1b84dbc870ec38f5bf8fb8285650509f1030e5d2afede3a1d1f2dab1","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"GEN","chapter":22,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Gen. xxii. 14","verse":14,"verse_end":14}],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_308_308","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Original transcription title leaves state T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1871; printed translator allocation retained. Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_308_308","source_ebook":45305,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_308_308\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_308_308\"><span class=\"label\">[308]</span></a> Gen. xxii. 14.</p></div>","source_sha256":"7e0ced9e70512f3cf050b53c9d548e36b70d468d875153869f95d8aff5bbb530","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45305/pg45305-images.html#Footnote_308_308","text_sha256":"a5e3abbb9d188970799b794f0c0fc2590b339211a8c2b9d805dc46c8c1bf1706","verified":false,"work_id":null}