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. The Southern Review - Page 299edited by - 1867Full view - About this book
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...noon, Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud, for he is a god, either he is talking or is pursuing, or is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner with knives, and lancets, till the blood... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...Elijah mocked the priests of Baal, saying, 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. Ver. 29. There was neither voice nor any to answer. 2 Kinssxix. 18. They were no gods. Ch. xviii. 35.... | |
| Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...false prophets, (1 Kings, xviii. 27.) " 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 words, taken in this sense, lead us to reflect, I. On the vices young people too commonly fall... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a. god ; either he is talking, or he is a poet of 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
| James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...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 passage is to be found in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, (ch. xliv.... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Bible - 1810 - 600 pages
...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 is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet in no author... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 660 pages
...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 he awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...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 did the Saviour treat the Jewish blind guides in his days, who were... | |
| Isaac Taylor - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 774 pages
...sufferer, who perhaps was whispering a comfortless surmise, " Perhaps the saint is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked;" he says, No! no! banish the unworthy suspicion — can we impute to our divinity so ungracious, so... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...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. themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And... | |
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