 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
 | Plain sermons - 1842 - 842 pages
...Thy commandments." SERMON CYII. THE MAN OF WORLDLY EXPEDIENTS. 1 SAMUEL xv. 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." « THERE is not a more melancholy,... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 562 pages
...hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 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. Now, therefore, I pray thee, pardon... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...didst evil in the sight of the LORD ? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief 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,... | |
 | Robert South - 1843 - 600 pages
...confession he resolves his sin into the fear of man, as the cause of it, 1 Sam. xv. 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." It was a sinful fear of men that... | |
 | 1843 - 258 pages
...own character, if he had said, in the first instance, what he was compelled to acknowledge at last, " I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and feared the people." If you have erred, my dear children, if you have committed any offence unwittingly,... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1844 - 424 pages
...Lord which came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me ? (for he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh,...and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and went softly;) because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days... | |
 | James Hildyard - 1845 - 392 pages
...vineyard, and other sins which he had committed ;—the historian proceeds—"When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh,...and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly," that is, humbly, and not arrogantly as at other times; and God said to Elijah, " Seest thou how Ahab... | |
 | 1845 - 582 pages
...prophet, for a little outward respect to his royal station while it was continued to him. " I have sinned, yet honour me now I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me that I may worship the Lord thy God." He is satisfied if the... | |
 | Robert South - 1845 - 602 pages
...confession he resolves his sin into the fear of man, as the cause of it, 1 Sam. xv. 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." It was a sinful fear of men that... | |
 | John Wesley - 1845 - 556 pages
...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 humbleth himself before... | |
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