| Jacques Saurin - 1836 - 458 pages
...interested wife, could cool his zeal. Observe Elijah, " I have been," said he, "very jealous for the Ixird God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away," 1 Kings xix. 10. Behold good Eli, the frost of fourscore could not chill the ardour that inflamed him.... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 574 pages
...of " scripture " is most distinctly and expressly given to the book of Kings is the following — " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." " Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every... | |
| 1837 - 852 pages
...and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? h 1 1 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1837 - 644 pages
...left one word behind him in the cave : / have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts ; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, " I run away... | |
| Practical evils - 1837 - 120 pages
...Church of Judea was so complete—that in the bitterest desolation of soul before God he exclaims, " the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." But what is the answer of God to this sad and faithful representation of his chosen people ?— " I... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1837 - 644 pages
...left one word behind him in the cave : I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts ; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, " I run away... | |
| 1837 - 680 pages
...about this time, and they shall search thy here, Elijah 1 10 And he said, I have been very jealeus many colours, ard 9 ir Ami he dreamed yet another...his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dream- 1 have loft ; and they seek my life, to take it away, for II And lie said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount... | |
| 1838 - 1196 pages
...doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because to his 15 servants. And he will take the tenth of...officers, and to his servants. And he will take your m 15 my life, to take it away. And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of... | |
| 1838 - 668 pages
...what doestthou here, Elijah f And he said,! have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...slain thy Prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, are left, and they seek my life to take it aw ay." 1 Kings xix. 9. 10. DOUBTLESS, many a believer (particularly... | |
| 1839 - 584 pages
...not satisfactory; it is the language of petulance, of self-justification, of murmuring complaint: for he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God...forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and shun thv prophets with the sword, and I, even I only am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away."... | |
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