 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1800 - 620 pages
...power with God : yea, he had " pewer over the angel, and prevailed : he xvept and made " fupplication unto him : he found him in Beth-el, and " there he fpake with us." From this pafiage alfo we learn, that it was the fame who met with him at Beth-el. Some tlunk, with... | |
 | Thomas Williams - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...expression. He found him in Bethel : ' I will * not let thee go,' said he, ' except thou bless me.' * — He had power over the angel, and prevailed: * he wept and made supplication unto him*.' She brought him to -her mothers house; that is, .according to most commentators, to the church, the... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 600 pages
...prophet Hofea, chap, xii. 3,4. " He took his brother by the heel in the womb, " and by his ftrength he had power with God' yea, he had " power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made " fimplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and a there he fpake with us." From this paflage... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 pages
...poll ure that Jacob got the notable vi&ory, 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 fpoke with us." Did temptations and troubles... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 pages
...while they are never the better, and they have got into the kernel; like Jacob, they have fucceedtd : " 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.) - Episcopacy - 1803 - 568 pages
...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) - Church history - 1803 - 564 pages
...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... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1804 - 606 pages
...generation i Mark Hos. xii. 3—Ho 3 F a 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 446 pages
...holy importunity in prayer to God. The prophet alludes to this story, ffos. xii. 4. Yea, he hadfiower over the angel, and prevailed : he wept and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with vs. It is great condescension in God to represent things in this view. Let ui therefore... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Devotional literature - 1805 - 192 pages
...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 availeth much." See how earnest... | |
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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. 
