 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 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... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, ael 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 - 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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Bible - 1810 - 600 pages
...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... | |
 | 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-;... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...prophets wanted more fervour in their devotion, and a little more lip labour. " Cry aloud," saith he, " 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. In like manner did... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - Judaism - 1812 - 520 pages
...was no voice, nor any that answered. 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 ; peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...writer, by the accent, the air, the extravagance of the praise, the character of the person, the nat are of the thing, or the vein of the discourse. Numerous....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... | |
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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. 
