Mirabilia Dei. An essay on the very seasonable & remarkable interpositions of the divine…

AS there never was any Man on the Face of the Earth, whose Name has been so universally known among the Children of Men, as the Patriarch Abraham, to whom a Great Name had been Promised by our GOD, so ⟨p. 2⟩there is nothing more known about this Renowned Patriarch, than this, By Faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and be that had received the Promises, offered up his only begotten Son; Accounting that GOD was able to Raise him up even from the Dead. This Memorable Friend of GOD, after many previous Trials, at last had his Faith tried unto the uttermost, with an Order from the Sovereign Lord of Life, making His usual Descent in the Shechinah unto him; an order whereof every Word was a Thunderbolt; It was, Take now thy Son, thine only Son, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into a Land, forty miles off, and offer him for a Burnt offering upon a Mountain there. The Obedience which our Father paid unto this astonishing Order, has been celebrated in all Succeeding Ages, and with very many Nations. The Ancients, who have employed their Pens in the celebration, have also told us, that the Story was rarely beheld in a Picture, without Weeping Eyes among them. The Pagans had their famous Traditions of the Matter; Especially That of Saturn Sacrificing of his Jeoud. The Jews tell us, That the Two Sons of Sennacherth had like to have been a Sacrifice to the Tradition of Abraham's. I am not sure, That Satan took Advantage from hence, to draw the poor Pagans into Humane Sacrifices, particularly ⟨p. 3⟩of their Children unto Moloch. But I find philo, notably censuring and confuting the Envious Detractions of those who would go to compare them with the Piety of our Incomparable Abraham.

AS there never was any Man on the Face of the Earth, whose Name has been so universally known among the Children of Men, as the Patriarch Abrabam, to whom a Great Name had been Promised by our GOD, so ⟨p. 2⟩there is nothing more known about this Renowned Patriarch, than this, By Faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and be that had received the Promises, offered up his only begotten Son; Accounting that GOD was able to Raise him up even from the Dead. This Memorable Friend of GOD, after many previous Trials, at last had his Faith tried unto the uttermost, with an Order from the Sovereign Lord of Life, making His usual Descent in the Shechinah unto him; an order whereof every Word was a Thunderbolt; It was, Take now thy Son, thine only Son, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into a Land, forty miles off, and offer him for a Burnt offering upon a Mountain there. The Obedience which our Father paid unto this astonishing Order, has been celebrated in all Succeeding Ages, and with very many Nations. The Ancients, who have employ'd their Pens in the celebration, have also told us, that the Story was rarely beheld in a Picture, without Weeping Eyes among them. The Pagans had their famous Traditions of the Matter; Especially That of Saturn Sacrificing of his Jeoud. The Jews tell us, That the Two Sons of Sennacherth had like to have been a Sacrifue to the Tradition of Abraham's. I am not sure, That Satan took Advantage from hence, to draw the poor Pagans into Humane Sacrifices, particularly