 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pages
...Elijah uses the same mode of expression to the false prophets, ( 1 Kings, xviii. 27.) " Cry aloud 5 for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The words, taken in this sense, lead us to reflect, I. On the vices young people too commonly fall... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 614 pages
...too light, to flout their zealous devotion. He laughs at their tears, and plays upon their earnest ; Cry aloud ; for he is a God : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is travelling, or he is sleeping, and must be awaked. Scorns and taunts arc the best answers, for serious... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...too light, to flout their zealous devotion. He laughs at their tears, and plays upon their carnest ; Cry aloud ; for he is a God : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is travelling, or he is sleeping, and must be awaked. Scorns and taunts are the best answers, for serious... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 578 pages
...their zealous devotion. He laughs at their tears, and plays upon their earnest ; Cry aloud ; for tie is a God : either he is talking, or he is. pursuing, or he is travelling, or he is sleeping, and must be awaked. Scorns and taunts arc the best answers, for serious... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 pages
...the priests of Baal, mocked them with the most pointed irony, or ridicule, and said of their god, " Cry aloud, for he is a god, either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." (1 Kings xviii. 27.) A similar passage is to be found in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, (ch. xliv.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, ael said unto Gkleon, Rule thou over us, both thnu, 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pages
...ludicrous and satyrical than Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a God ; either he is talking,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet in no author... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 pages
...ludicrous and satyricatahan Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a God ; either he is talking,...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must he awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 608 pages
...ludicrous and satyrical than Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a God ; either he is talking,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepcth and must be awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them* and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sJeepeth, and must be awaked. And. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
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And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
