...forsaken thy covenant, thrown damn thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, eren I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." — " What was the Apostles' condition ? were they not singular men ? did not they (a few, simple,...

...Elijah ? 14 And he said, I have been 4 And the king of Israel answered and said. My lord, О king, very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Isaccording to thy saying, i an thine, and all that I have. rael have forsaken thy covenant. 5 And...

...resent, and bewail his case ? No, for ' I have,' said he, ' been very jealous for the Lord of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.' What was the case of Jeremy ? ' 1,' saith he, ' was a derision to all my people, and their song all...

...doest thou here, Elijah 1 10 And he said, I "have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for people favour in the sight of the Egyptians : and awav. 1 1 And fie said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. Arid behold, the LORD passed...

...progress. You remember Elijah fleeing into the wilderness, and there crying from his cavern to his God, " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, I only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away." But what saith the answer of God to him ?...

...but that, with them, every worshipper too had perished, he uttered that piercing complaint, 'Behold I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away?' What says the Holy Apostle ? When ' no man stood with him but all forsook him,' did he give up the...

...Ami he said, I have been very jealous foi llie LORD God of hosts: for the children of Is f ;*]•! have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the awnrd ; and I, even 1 only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 Ami he said, Go forth,...

...entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord...only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. THE history of all the saints of old sufficiently proves, that there is no such thing as sinless perfection...

...grace," and upon that remnant, smaller even than in the prophet's time when he mournfully exclaimed, " I even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away," the gifts were bestowed; and the very bestowal of them was one appointed instrument of increasing the...

...about this time. The children of Israel (said Elijah in the cave of Horeb to the angel of the Lord) 3 «word, and I only am left, and they seek my in- to take it away. 1 Ki. xix. 2. 10. 14. All ib said...