 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...1—4.7.10.12. Solomon failed very greatly.—— 1 Kings xi. 1, &c. When Elijah the prophet was in trouble, he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I am no better than my fathers. — 1 Kings xix. 4. And Jehoshaphat walked, &c. doing that which was right... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...juniper-tree : and he requested for himself that he might die (s), and said, " It is enough, now " О LORD, take 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,... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pages
...that, instead of waiting patiently all his appointed time till his change should come, he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough...away my life : for I am not better than my fathers. And Job, the most patient man of his day, prays in similar language : O that I might have my request^... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1825 - 714 pages
...down under a junipertree, 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.'' O strange and uncouth mutation ! what is this we hear ? Elijah fainting and giving up ! that heroical... | |
 | Elias Hicks, L. H. Clarke, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould - 1825 - 150 pages
...whirlwind. When Elijah fled into the wilderness, he came and sat down under a juniper-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, it is enough : now, O Lord, take away my lite for 1 am not better than my fathers. But the angel touched him as he left and said, arise and... | |
 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - 1826 - 394 pages
...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, It is enough;...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." He then lay down and slept. Q. How was he awoke ? And the angel of the LORD came again the second time,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...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, It is enough ; now, O LORD, take away my life; for lam not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...threats of a wicked queen, he fleeth to Beersheba ; and sitting down under a juniper tree, he requests for himself that he might die, and said, " It is enough, now O Lord, take away my life, for 1 am not better than my fathers." Or, as if he Would say, I am not better cared for by God than my... | |
 | John Jones (perpetual curate of Cradley, Worcs.) - 1826 - 616 pages
...thoughts of death. The first is that which Elijah used in his petition for death, (1 Kings xix, 4.) It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am not better t/ian my fathers. It is enough to make us content to die, though perhaps not ground enough to warrant... | |
 | John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...under a juniper tree ; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said,"It is enough ; now Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." His faith and his firmness failed him, and he betrayed, in this instance, sad symptoms of cowardice... | |
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But he 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, It is enough ; now, O LORD, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. 
