...associations crowded on his mind ; he knelt down by a stone, and like Jacob, vowed " If God will be with me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to...father's house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God." He had but one acquaintance in this city, and into his employment he entered. The Lord accepted of...

...right. What was Jacob's opinion, when he made this vow ? If God will be with me, and mll keep me in the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and...father's house in peace : then shall the Lord be my God, Gen. xxviii. 20, &c. Did the patriarch mean, that he had no other reason for regarding the Lord as...

...beeause ye ask amiss, that ye may eonsume it upon your lusts. (~qj Gen. 28. 20. And Jaeob vowed a vow, saying, if God will be with me, and will keep me in...that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on. Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with...

...to the oeeasion—Gen. xxviii. 22—' And Jaeob •eowed a vow, saying, if God will be icith me, and keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so that I eome (rgain to my father's house in peaee : then shall the Lord be my God, and this stone whieh I have...

...vow do not run literally as follow : " If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in this way that 1 go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so that I return to my father's house in peace, then shall Jehovah be to me for Elohim." Now these words in sense...

...him whether the words of the vow do not run literally as follow : " If Elohim will be with nie, aud will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat aud raiment to put on> so that I return to my father's house in peace, then shall Jehovah be to me...

...and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Gen. xxviii. 20. \nd Jacob vowed a vow, saying, II God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that 1 go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to pot on. 1 Tim. iv, 4. For every creature of God...

...to His government and rule ; — like Jacob, in a dictatorial spirit they vow to the Lord and say, " If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way...father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God." (Gen. xxviii. 20, 2l.) Such appear to forget the solemn injunction of the Saviour, " Seck ye first...

...to the occasion.-r-Gen. xxviii, 22 — lAnd Jacob vowed a vow, saying, if God will, be with me, and keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread...the Lord be my God, and this stone which I have set up for a pillar, » j -halt -be God -s house, and of all that thou shaltgiveme I will surely give the...

...extent f>f his unambitious wishes.—" And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, if God will be wilh me. and wiil keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raime;it to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God."...