Genesis 7:5

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Sweet view, this, of Noah's obedience. In this act let it be observed, that the patriarch quitted house and land, and all that he had, to rely upon the Divine assurance alone, in the security of the ark. Is not this similar to the faith of the believer in the present hour, in renouncing all self-confidences and self-attainments, to rest for salvation alone on the righteousness of the Lord Jesus? And what greater authority than the command of Jehovah? Is not this the warrant?