 | Joseph Priestley - 1794 - 356 pages
...facrifices, we read i Kings xviii. 27. "And " it came to pafs at noon, that Elijah mocked " them, and faid, Cry aloud: for he is a god, " either he is talking, or he is purfuing, or he is " in a journey, or peradventure he fleepeth, and ** muft be awaked. And they cried... | |
 | John Hey - Emotions - 1801 - 278 pages
...gushed out upon them;"—"at noon Elijah " mocked them and said, cry aloud : for he is a God, " cither he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a " journey, or pcradventure he sleepeth and must be " awaked." Here is malice mixed with delicate and refined ridicule.... | |
 | 1869
...zealous devotion of the priests of Baal, when he laughed at their tears, and played 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." He adds,—and we do not think that the admonition... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 534 pages
...after their manner with knives and 2 ( 7 things into motion. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he [is] a god...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] perad29 lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And it came to pass, when midday was past, and... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...made. . . .'. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he it a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure'he sleepeth, ac'd must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...but himself. Elijah uses the same mode of expression 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 us to reflect,... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 426 pages
...Elijah uses the same mode of expression to the false prophets, (1 Kings, xviii. 27.) " Cry aloud j 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...the priftsts of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " Mocked them, and said : Cry aloud, for be is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or per(Idyenturc he sleepeth, and must be waked.'' Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 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 is to be found... | |
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