 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 352 pages
...truth of their deity, -'' Mocked them? and said : Cry aloud, for he is a 532 APPENDIX. (Figures. god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be waked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united : as in Cicero's oration for Balbus, where he derides... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...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 after their manner with... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...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...sleepeth, and must be awakened,' 1 Kings xviii. 27. But sinful are, (1.) Offensive jests, which tend to the shewing a despising of our neighbour, to the... | |
 | Edward Kimpton - 1813 - 536 pages
...the prophet Elijah, to aggravate their perplexities, mocked them saying, Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.* This had the intended effect: they repeated their invocations to the most violent degree,... | |
 | 1813 - 442 pages
...And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, — ' Cry alond : for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing ; or he is on a journey ; or, peradventure, he ileepeth, and must be awaked.' This superstitious notion of the GenUies seems to be allnded to in the... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...scriptures. Thus the prophet Elijah speaks in irony to the priests of Baal, Cry aloud, for he is a GOD ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps, and must to awaked. See also Job xii. 2. Eccles. xi. 9. Gen. iii. 22. Mark vii. 9. Abp. Tillotson,... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...scriptures. Thus the prophet .Elijah speaks in irony to the priests of Baal, Cry al0tid,for he is a GOD ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps, and must be awaked. See also Job xii. 2. Eccles. xi. 9- Gen. iii. 22. Mark vii, 9. Abp. Tillotson,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 pages
...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 sleepeth, and must be awaked. And And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives, and lancets, till... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 356 pages
...priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " Mocked them, itd said : Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking/ or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, Or perart venture h« sleepetli, and must be waked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...voice nor any that answered. And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a God, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened. But there was neither voice, or any to answer, or any that regarded. And Elijah built an Altar, and... | |
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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 sleepeth and must be awaked. 
