 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 British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ... - Page 461838Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 610 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... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 pages
...but himself. Elijah uses the same mode of ex* pression to the 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... | |
 | 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 he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The words, taken in this sense, lead... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 pages
...it. The prophet {Llijah, when he challenged the priests of Bdal to prove the truth of their deity, " Mocked them, and said : Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he u falking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or perfidyenture he sleepeth,and niust be waked.''... | |
 | 1809 - 1152 pages
...answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah IT Then the men of Israel said unto Gkleon, Rule thou over us, both thnu, in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | 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 he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." (1 Kings xviii. 27.) A similar passage... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...Ironical Taunts. Thus, in that bitter sarcasm of Elijah to the priests of Baal, 1 Kings xviii. 27. He mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a God. Which kinds of ironical speeches are so far from being intended to create error in the minds of men,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pages
...imagine any thing more ludicrous and satyrical than Elijah's advice to the besotted priests of Baal ? He mocked them and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a...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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...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-;... | |
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