 | William Thistlethwaite - 1837 - 982 páginas
...teaches us, what that import is, and shews us what was its nature and object. He says, " By his strength he had power with God : yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept, and made supplication unto him." Comparing therefore the language of the historian and the prophet together,... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1838 - 516 páginas
...same divine Person to Jacob while on his way returning from Mesopotamia, says, " that by his strength he had power with God, yea, he had power over the angel and prevailed, even Jehovah the God of hosts." It thus appears that the heavenly messenger who appeared to the patriarchs... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth (rector of Watton, Herts.) - 1838 - 604 páginas
...another figure of our Lord's fervent and prevailing prayer for his family (Gen. xxxii. 24 — 32). He had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept and made supplication unto him, he found him in Bethel, and there he spahe with us ; even the Lord God of hosts,... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 páginas
...persevering prayer. It is thus that the prophet Hosea explains it when he says, " By his strength, Jacob had power with God ; yea, he had power over the angel and prevailed ; he wept and made supplication;" an instance of that holy perseverance by which our Lord assures us, " the kingdom of... | |
 | 1839 - 612 páginas
...of the repenting people of God ; for in Hosea, xii. 3, it is narrated, that Jacob "by his strength had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept" — the type of his importunity — " and made supplication unto him : he found him in Beth-el, and... | |
 | John Scott - 1839 - 554 páginas
...image of the success of the prayer of faith. The prophet Hosea tells us, that " Jacob, by his strength, had power with God ; yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed." His success was, however, quite agreeable to the fixed maxims of the covenant of grace relative to... | |
 | John Owen - 1840 - 878 páginas
...Joseph. Especially that was so which is recorded by the Holy Spirit in Hosea xii. 3, 4, ' By his strength he had power with God, yea he had power over the angel and prevailed ; he wept, and made supplication to him, he found him in JJethel, and there he spake with us.' In comparison hereof, this... | |
 | Spirit - 1840 - 406 páginas
...preserved," Gen. xxxii. 30 ; and in reference to the same fact, the language of Hoseais, " By his strength he had power with God : yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed," Hos. xii. 34. It may also be remarked, that when Elijah was about to be taken by a chariot of fire... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 páginas
...apply this history to the wrestling of prayer ; speaking thus of the patriarch ; " by his strength he had power with God : yea he had power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept, and made supplication unto him." Hos. 12. 4. Whilst then God strives with us by his Spirit, let us strive with... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 páginas
...cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds. — Hosea vii. 14. By his strength he had power with God ; yea he had power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made supplication unto him. — Hosea xii. 3, 4; Gen. xxxii. 24 — 27. Sanctify a fast, &c. and cry unto... | |
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God: yea, he had power over the Angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him : he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; even the Lord God of Hosts; the Lord is his memorial. 
