So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him. Sermons on several subjects - Pàgina vper Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William NORRIS (Rector of Warblington, Hants.) - 1830 - 372 pàgines
...of Judasa. They both were distinguished for the boldness and integrity of their mode of preaching. " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him1;" was the exclamation of Elijah. " Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven... | |
| 1830 - 448 pàgines
...Bible. This spirit is nobly exemplified, 1 Kings xviii.21, "And Elijah came untoall the people and said, how long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow him." If Trinitarianism be the doctrine of the Bible, follow that doctrine... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 620 pàgines
...dreadful, reminded them of the scene on Mount Carmel, when Elijah came before the people, and said, ' How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow him.' A little before sunset, the priest came forth, and ordered the pile... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 pàgines
...eight hundred and fifty false prophets, that Jezebel maintained. And Elijah said to all the people, " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal be God, follow him." And he said, " 1 only remain a prophet of the Lord, and Baal's prophets... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 564 pàgines
...with him ? What if we call the people together, and bespeak them as Elijah did, (1 Kings xviii. 21,) " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him." If a careless, ungodly, worldly, fleshly life be best, and most please... | |
| 1830 - 744 pàgines
...and good, and death and evil, therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. — Uow long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him." Here they are left to their own free choice. Isaiah tells us of wilful,... | |
| John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1831 - 642 pàgines
...sometimes to the contrary. A faith suspended between conflicting opinions is reproved 1 Kings xviii. 11, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, follow him. 2. That faith also which, together with the faith of the Gospel, admits... | |
| Abiel Abbot - 1831 - 414 pàgines
...not alone, however, nor unprotected ; for God is with him. Undaunted, he cries aloud to the people, " How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow him." The trial, by sacrifice, which followed, is familiar to my hearers.... | |
| 1831 - 524 pàgines
...knowing of the seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal (Rom. xi. 4), said to the people, " How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, follow him : and the people answered him not a word" (1 Kings xviii. 21"). The false... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pàgines
...DD CCCXLV. DECISION OF CHARACTER. 1 Kings xviii. 21. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. IF a heathen should visit this country in order to ascertain what our... | |
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