 | 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 (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... | |
 | 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
...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 mocked n 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 pages
...prophet Elijah, 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...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be waked.' Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united : as in Cicero's... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...answered. And they 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pages
...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 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... | |
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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. 
