 | Francis Geach Crossman - 1830 - 366 pages
...should have been that of Elijah when he came before the Lord God of Hosts with this lamentation, " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...prophets with the sword, and I, even I, only am left." But God soon caused him to shake off this unbecoming spirit, by declaring, that he had not left himself... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 722 pages
...passionately resent, and bewail his case? No, for /'Kings have, said he, been very jealous for the Lord of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken...covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy SERM. prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am LXVII. 14. What was the case of Jeremy? /, saith... | |
 | 1830 - 864 pages
...him, and he said unto him, What docrit thou here, Elijah ? 10 And he said, f have been verv jealoui for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown phels with the «word ; and I. ercn 1 only, a» left ; ami they seek my l¡ fe, to take it a way 15... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1698 - 572 pages
...shall have better company than that which has forsaken you in the way of God. Elijah complains, " They have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword , and 1, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 1 Kings, 19 : 10. But all this did... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...complained that he was left alone — " O Lord, (said he,) they have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left." Elias does not speak of himself as the only prophet left, but the only true worshipper, as is plain... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 632 pages
...said, " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" and he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain the prophets, and I only am left, and they seek my life also." And after a wind, that tore the rocks,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 630 pages
...said, " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" and he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain the prophets, and I only am left, and they seek my life also." And after a wind, that tore the rocks,... | |
 | Religion - 1830 - 580 pages
...Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." Can you say, in the spirit of Elijah, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the nations have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword?"... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1832 - 460 pages
...Lord fully," and asserting the cause of truth at the peril of their lives. Such was Elijah, " a man very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel had forsaken his covenant, thrown down his altars, and slain his prophets with the sword;" but Elijah... | |
 | Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1832 - 502 pages
...passionately resent and bewail his case ? No ; for / /•;.'.••.-, said he, been very jealous for the Lord of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown damn thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, eren I only, am left; and they seek... | |
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I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 
