 Elijah mocked them, and said: Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.  Overland Monthly - Page 6821895Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 pages
...ludicrous and satyricatahan 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,...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must he awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity ; and yet... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 608 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,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepcth and must be awaked." The style of the ancient prophets is remarkable for its gravity and solemnity... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 pages
...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 he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be waked.' Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...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 he is 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... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 pages
...And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a God: either be is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, ho sleepeth, and must be awaked!" Under this sanction I present the reader with the following humorous... | |
 | 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-;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 352 pages
...the truth of their deity, -'' Mocked them? and said : Cry aloud, for he is a 532 APPENDIX. (Figures. god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be waked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - 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 after their... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...purify the air. It was not unbecoming the gravity of the prophet to mock Baal's priests, and to say, * Cry aloud ; for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened,' 1 Kings xviii. 27. But sinful are,... | |
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