Genesis 22:5

Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Ver. 5. Abide ye here with the ass. ] This, the Hebrews use for a proverb, against such as are dull and uncapable. Zophar saith, that "man is born as a wild ass’s colt". Job 11:12 As an "ass’s foal" for rudeness, and "a wild ass’s" for unruliness. It imports that he is untamed and untractable, till a new heart be put into him. Agur had not the understanding of a man, till he spake to Ithiel and Ucal for it. Pro 30:1-2 He wants the whole man, totum hominis , that doth not fear God and keep his commandments. Ecc 12:13 Tu et asinus unum estote , will not do it; which was the counsel given to a young novice entering a monastery a

And come again to you. ] Nesciens formam rei futurae, prophetavit sciens de eventu, prophetavit quod ignoravit , saith Ambrose. b

a Alex. Cook’s Abatement of Popish Brags.

b Epist.