| Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 páginas
...pofture that Jacob got the notable victory, Gen. xxxii. 24. Hence it is faid of him, Hof. xii. 4. " Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept and made fupplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he ipoke with us." Did temptations and troubles... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 páginas
...they are never the better, and they have got into the kernel ; like Jacob, they have fucceeded : " He had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept, and made fupplication unto him ; he found him in Bethel, and there he fpake with us." Draw near in the holy... | |
| John Skinner (Bp. of Aberdeen) - 1803 - 564 páginas
...perfon, even " Jehovah God of Hofts." For fo we read in the book of the prophet Hofea, that " Jacob had power with God ; yea, he had power " over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made " fupplication unto him : he found him in Bethel, ** and there he fpake with us, even Jehovah God of... | |
| John Skinner (bp. of Aberdeen.) - 1803 - 568 páginas
...perfon, even " Jehovah God of Hofts." For fo we read in the book of the prophet Ilofea, that *' Jacob had power with God ; yea, he had power " over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made '* fupplication unto him : he found him in Bethel, *' and there he fpake with us, even Jehovah God... | |
| Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 páginas
...same against this generation i Mark Hos. xii. 3 — He took his brother by the heel in the womb ; and by his strength he had power with God ; yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed. I shall first answer the words, that thou hast pondered in thy heart : the Lord hath a controversy... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1805 - 192 páginas
...affectionate. Thus we read of Jacob's wrestling with God in prayer, and of his great importunity. " He had power over the angel and prevailed ;" he wept and made supplication unto him. Says St. James, " The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availL eth much." See how earnest... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 páginas
...story, Hos. xii. 4. Yea, lie had power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made application unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us. It is great condescension in God to represent things in this view. Let us therefore learn to contWue... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 páginas
...birthright, and by his strength he had power with God, when lorestling with the an4 gel, (Gen. xxv. 26.) Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him; in a kind of transport, he laid hold upon him, and wept, and made tupplication, till he obtained the... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 páginas
...prevailed," Gen. xxxii. 28. A mighty prince indeed ! to be great enough to overcome God : Hos. xii. 4. " Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept and made supplication unto him" So Moses, from time to time, did in this sense overcome God by prayer. When his anger was provoked... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 540 páginas
...prevailed," Gen. xxxii. 28. A mighty prince indeed! to be great enough to overcome God : Hos. xii. 4. " Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept and made supplication unto -him." So Moses, from time to time, did in this sense overcome God by prayer. When his anger was provoked... | |
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