of oil fail, until the day tha: the LORD + ſendeth rain upon the earth. | | 4 In whom I perceive thou truſteſt. e 7 e. The Meal of theBarre! An iypallage or Metonomy. $0 the cruſe of oil for the oil of the cruſe. 15 And ſhe went and did according to the ſaying of Elijah f : and ſhe, and he, and her houſe did eat || many || Or,s days g. years f Giving Glory to the God of 1/-ae!, by beliving his Prophet. 2 7. e. Along time, even above two Years: See Chap. 18. 1. Heb. days; 1.e. a full Year ; asver. 7. n:mely, before the following Event — her ſon happened, and the reit of the time of the'Famine atter 1t. : 16 And the barrel of meal waſted not 5, neither did che cruſe of oil fail, according to the word of the = { ORD, which he ſpake + by Elijah. t Heb. þ God ſtill Creating new, as faſt as the old was ſpent. oy the i7 4 And it came to pals after theſe things, that the MG 4 ſon of che woman, the miſtreſs of the houſe, fell ſick, and his ſickneſs was fo fore, that chere was no breath ; lefr in him, ; Or, no Soul or Life, as this Hebrew Word oft ſignifies * i.e. He died,as is manifeſt from the following Verſes. See alſo Heb. 1:; 35. 18 And the faid unto Elijah, What have I co do with thee &, O thou man of Ged? att thou come unto me 1 to call my ſin to remembrance mz, and to flay my ſon d k Wherein haveT injured or provoked thee?Or,Why didſt thou come to Sojourn in my Houſe,(as the following Words ſeem to ex- plain theſe) if this be the frint of it ?They are words ofa troubled Mind,favouring of ſome rathnels and impatience. { Didit thou come for this end,thar thou mighreſt ſeverely obſerve my Sins,and by thy Prayers bring down God's juſt Judgment upon me, for them,as thou hair for the like cauſe brought down this Famine upon the Nation? m Either, 1. To my rememb:ance ; thar I ſhould by this dreadful Judgment be brought to the knowledge and remembrance of my Sins, which have procured it Or rather, 2- To Gods Remem- brance : for God is oft ſaid in Scripture,to remember Sins, when he puniſheth them ; and to forge: them, when he ſpares the Sinner. See 2 Sam. 16.10, Have I initead of the Blefling which I expe&ed form thy preſence, met with a Curſe ?
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19 And he ſaid unto her. Give me thy ſon x. And he twok him out of her boſom, & carried him up into a loft 0, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
n Into mine Arms. 0 A private place, where he might more freely and fully pour out his Soul to God, and uſe ſuch Geſtures or Methods, as he thought moſt proper, without any offence or obſervation.
20 And he cried unto the LORD,and ſaid, O LORD my God, haſt thou aiſo brought evil upon the widow, with whom I ſojourn, by flaying her fon p ?
p A Prayer full of powerful Argi.ments. Thou art the Lord,that canſr revive the Child and my Gd ;. and therefore wiltſt not, do not deny me. She is # W-dow, add not affliction to the afflicted ; deprive her not of the great Support and Staff of her Age : She hath given me kind Entertainment : Let her not fare the worſe for her kindneſs to a Prophet, whereby wicked Men will take occalion to reproach both her, and Religion-
21 And he © ſtretched himſelf upon the child q three times,and cried unto the LORD r, and faid, O LORD my God,1 pray thee let this childs foul come F into him + feb. in- again & to his its
9 Notyas if he thought this could contribute any Warmth or ward p#7#« | Life to the Child ; bur partly, to expreſs, and withal to increaſe | his Grief for the Child's Death,and his Deſire of its reviving ; that thereby his Prayers might be more fervent, and conſequently, more prevalent with God : and partly, thar ir might apppear, That this Miracle, tho wrought by God alone.yet was done for the ſake of Elijah, and in anſwer to his Prayer. Compare 2 Kings 4+ 34, John 9: 6 A#: 20:10. r Firſt, he ſtretched himieif,then he piayed,and char for Three times ſucceflive!y.' 5 By which it is evident, That the ſoul was gone out of his Body, and therefore doth ſubſilc withour it afrer Death; Compare Gen. 35. 18. This was a great Requelt 5 but Elias was incouraged to make it ; partly,by his Zeal for Gods Honour, which he thought was concerned in it,and would be eclipſed by ir; partly, by the experience which he hail of his prevailing Power with God in Prayer : and partly, by a Divine Impulie moving him to deſire ir. '
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, 8 the
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ſoul of the child came inco him again, and he reviveg. | 2K | 22 And
ap. XVIN, LE & Z 22 And Elijah took the child,and brought him down out of the chamber into the houſe, and delivered him unto his mother : and Elitah ſaid, See, thy ſon liveth. 24 © And the woman ſaid to Elijah, Now by this I know # that thou art a man of God, and zhar the word of the LORD in thy mouth zs truth #.
t Now I am affured of that concerning which IT began upon this fad occaſion to doubt. # That the God whom thou profeſſeſt, is the true God ; and the Dodrine and Religion which thou Teach- eſt, is the only True Religion ; and therefore henceforth I whoi- ly renounce the Worſhip of Idols.
C H A ÞP. XVIIL Elijah in the extreamity of Famine ts ſent to Ahab : metteth good Obadiah,
1——7. Chargeth him to certifie the King of his coming ; He bringeth
Ahab to him, 8 -—16. He reproveth Ahab and the Congregation © By
Fire from Heaven convinceth Baal's Prophets : They ave ſlain, 11-=--=40.
Elijah by Prayer obtaineth Rain : Runs before Ahab to Jezreel. 41---46.
N D it came to paſs after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third
year a, ſaying, Go ſhew thy ſelf unto Ahab 6, and I
will ſend rain upon the earth e.