...JN of the Sons of the Prophets unto Elifha, faying, Thy Servant my Hufband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the LORD : and the Creditor...is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen. 2 And Elifha faid unto her, What (hail I do for thee? tell me, what haft thou in the Houfe? And fhe...

...Servant Night. •uant my Hujband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the Lor d,and the Creditor is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen, 2 Kings iv. God, wlto hears the Cry of the Afflicted, had Compaffion on thac poor diftrefled Widow,...

...JN of the Sons of the Prophets unto Elifha, faying, Thy Servant my Hufband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the LORD : and the Creditor...is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen. 3 Then he faid, Go borrow thee Veflels abroad of all thy Neighbours, even empty Veflels, borrow not...

...her own Afflictions together, to fet off the latter with more Force and Tendernefs — Thou knoivejl that thy Servant did fear the Lord : And the Creditor is come— This is naturally and beautifully urged ; and fhe lays her Strefs upon it. Her Mufband, it feems, had...

...the proP'lets unto Elifha, faying, Thy fervant my hufoand is dead, and thou knoweft that thy fervant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two fons to be bond-men. 2 And Elifha faid her, What fhall I unto do for 235 tliee ? tell rne, what haft...

...values his falvation, that he keep himfelf unfpotted from the world, • SERMON VII*. 2 KINGS iv. i. THY SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, AND THOU KNOWEST THAT THY SERVANT DID FEAR THE LORD; AND THE CREDITOR JS COME TO TAKE UNTO HIM MY TWO SONS TO BE BOND-MEN. unhappy fufferer, who makes this X moft moving...

...us in the words of the text, " Thy fervant my hufband is dead, and thou " knoweft that thy fervant did fear the Lord, , " and the creditor is come to take unto him " my two fons to be bond-men." Her children cannot, indeed, in this land of freedom, be literally carried into...

...the /¡lace, and va» fierhafi» impoverished by Jezebel's fieraecution : and the creditor is come 2 to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the house ? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house,...

...Shunammite. 18 He raistth her dead son. "VTOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my...creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bond men. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the house...

...Kings, iv. 1. where we are told that a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, " Thy servant my husband is dead,...come, to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen." The king, therefore, proposed to do in this instance no more than what was usually practised, and what...