 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord ; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people." " And when Ahab heard the -words of Elijah, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Page 528by John Milton - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 606 pages
...penitent ? We might have supposed so, at the first appearance. When he heard his awful condemnation, ' he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh,...and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.' Doubtless he was alarmed; and by such a conduct, he made an open confession of his sin. But, whatever... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...princes, &c.—1 Sam. ii. 7, 8. Pa. Ixxv. 6,7. Dan. iv. 17. 32. Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, Sec.—1 Sam. xv. 30. The women, &c. said, Saul had slain hie... | |
 | What - 1829 - 360 pages
...th« favour of GOD, which he could only hope to preserve by performing his duty. "And Saul said unto Samuel I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words; because I feared the people and obeyed their voice."—Chap. xv. Although the duty of... | |
 | 1829 - 350 pages
...rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24 If And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee,... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 500 pages
...came to pass when Ahab heard these words (of Elijah declaring the judgment of God against him,) that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh,...and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly;" that is, barefoot, as mourners were accustomed to do. We have little reason to hope, (what is not however... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1830 - 566 pages
...is said, that, when he heard the words of Elijah, announcing to him the destruction of his family, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh,...and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and went softly. It is immediately subjoined, And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Seest thou... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1830 - 304 pages
...Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words : because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 23 For rebellion is as the sin... | |
 | John Wesley - 1831 - 466 pages
...sell himself; wholly give himself up, like a slave, bought with money, to work wickedness. Yet, when he " rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and went softly : the word of the Lord came to Elijah, saying, Seest thou how Ahab humIt was for this end,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...synagogues, and the chief room« at feasts. Lu. xx. 46. Glory of men.] I have sinned (¡aid Saul to Samuel), is was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 1 So. xv. 30. I (laid Jetut)... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...delight in burnt offering and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord Í And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, because 1 feared the people. 1 Sam. xv. 20. 22. 24. If I covered my transgressions,... | |
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