...low, and exalt his God high. So did Jacob, when God had raised and enlarged him; Gen. xxxii. 10, 'I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.' Great was the difference in Jacob's outward condition at his return, from what it was at his first...

...relief as a matter of mere grace. Finally: having thus prefaced his petition, he now presents it : Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,...come, and smite me, and the mother with the children. This was doubtless the petition of a kind husband, and a tender father : it was not as such only, nor...

...relief at a matter of mere grace. Finally : having thus prefaced bis petition, he now presents it : Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,...come and smite me, and the mother with the children. This was doubtless the petition of a kind husband, and a tender father : it was not as iuch only, nor...

...thee: с 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou bast shewed unto thy servant: for with my staff I passed...of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear Mm, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. I that he had. 14 Two hundred...

...which said unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will dwell with thee : I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he...

...a fear, as ever man was in this world, or could be in ; and so he expresses his fear unto God, ver. 11. 'Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my...and smite me, and the mother, with the children.' He feared the universal destruction of himself and family, and so the failing of the promise he had...

...things of this life, thus humbly addresses himself to God the giver of them : Gen. xxxii. 10. / am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands. We should remember, that we have nothing but what we have received from God, as the effect of his mere...

...things of this life, thus humbly addresses himself to God the giver of them : Gen. xxxii. 10. / am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands. We should remember, that we have nothing but what we have received from God, as the effect of his mere...

...us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds. x Gen. xxxii. 11. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,...come and smite me, and the mother with the children. y James v. 16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed....

...this Jorparted, and returned unto his dan ; and now I am become place. two bands. CHAP. XXXII. _ u Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,...come and smite me, and the mother with the children. IS And thou saidst, I will AND Jacob went on his surely do thee good, and make way, and the angels...