...never can the word of God fail, or not accomplish the Lord's pleasure. Therefore, "Be patient. . . . Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit...for it, until he receive the early and latter rain," * and prayerfully continue to drop the golden grain, for you know not who is going to feast thereupon...

...weather and other unfavourable circumstances. So that the husbandman, as the apostle James says a, waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath...for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. And thus is aptly signified the gradual progress of religion in the heart, the opposition it meets...

...as 6 in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the Just One, who did not resist 1 . you. 7 Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of...husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient in respect to it, until he receive 8 the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient ; establish...

...let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, &c. — James i.3, 4. • • Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth, &c. Be ye also patient ; establish your hearts, &c. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have...

...; and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, &c. — James i.3, 4. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth, &c. Be ye also patient ; establish your hearts, &c. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have...

...another to love and good works ; and so much the more continually, as we see the day approaching ff. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of...your hearts ; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh J J. And as the nearness of another state lessens very considerably the difficulties of virtue ; so...

...the former and latter rain is sandwiched between two sentences about the coming of the Lord Jesus. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of...receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh (James 5:7-8). God gave the former rain...

...as in a day of slaughter. 6. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of...for It, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, 9. Grudge not...

...every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. Revelation 14:6 James wrote words of promise. 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of...for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. James 5:7-8 Prophets...

...in the capable hands of Christ. He has a second reason for advising patience, a biological reason: "Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit...for it, until he receive the early and latter rain" (5:7b). The one thing a farmer can not do is hurry the seasons. His one necessary virtue is patience....