| 1839 - 584 páginas
...there, sitting down under a juniper tree, gives vent to his feelings, requesting that he might die : l, It is enough ; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." Had that prayer been granted, then Elijah would have died under a cloud, leaving a doubt whether his... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1837 - 644 páginas
...down, under a juniper tree ; and, as weary of life no less than of his way, wishes to rise no more : It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers. 0 strange and uncouth mutation ! What is this we hear ? Elijah fainting and giving up ! That heroical... | |
| Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 210 páginas
...depths of his despondency he was inclined to give up all for lost, and to cry, " It is enough, now, О Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." One that had come into his study at that time, and seen the many infidel books and papers which lay... | |
| William Marshall Harte - 1839 - 384 páginas
...under a juniper tree, he bewails his disconsolate state, and prays for death. It is enough ; now, 0 Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers2. Painful it is to witness this self-desertion of one like Elijah : painful to hear the mournings... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 páginas
...nderness, and came and sat move— but a sense of God's presence, down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself that he might die : and said,...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said ^ unto «... | |
| John Donne - 1840 - 356 páginas
...under the juniper tree, requested that he might die, 14 2 Cor. v. 6. u Job, i. 18, 19. 16 Exod. xvi. 3. and said, It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life". Sa Jonah justifies his impatience, nay, his anger, towards God himself: Now, O Lord, take, I beseech... | |
| 1841 - 716 páginas
...It was in the prospect of trials that Elijah, distressed in mind, sat down under a juniper tree, and requested for himself that he might die, and said,...away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." And we may be sure that the apostle Paul was the subject of perplexity when he thus expressed his feelings... | |
| 1841 - 608 páginas
...It was in the prospect of trials that Elijah, distressed in mind, sat down under a juniper tree, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, " It is enough : now, Ü Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." And we may be sure that the apostle... | |
| John Kitto - 1841 - 640 páginas
...gave way, and he prayed for death to end his troubles. " It is enough :" he cried, " now, O Jehovah, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers !'' To strengthen his now sinking faith, and to reward his sufferings in the cause of the God of Israel,... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 páginas
...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself that he might die ; and said,...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him,... | |
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