| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 páginas
...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 he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The words, taken in this sense,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 578 páginas
...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... | |
| 1809 - 1150 páginas
...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, he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut... | |
| James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 páginas
...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 he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." (1 Kings xviii. 27.) A similar... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 páginas
...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 páginas
...when he challenged the priests nf Baal to prove the truth of their deity, ' 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 sleepeth, and must be waked.' Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 páginas
...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, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." The style of the ancient prophets... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 páginas
...pricfts of Baal to prove the truth of their deity : For it is faid cxprefs'y, " He mocked them, and laid, Cry aloud. for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is puriuins. or he is on a journey, or peradvcnture he ilecpeth, and muft be awaked." And Solomon take-;... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 páginas
...prophets wanted more fervour in their devotion, and a little more lip labour. " Cry aloud," saith he, " 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," 1 Kings xviii. 27. In like manner... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 páginas
...purify the air. It was not unbecoming the gravity of the prophet to mock Baal's priests, and to say, * Cry aloud ; for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened,' 1 Kings xviii. 27. But sinful... | |
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