...wrong done him, and say with Elijah, "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, for they have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword." — How just is Paul's description of the heathen, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools....

...cave anrl lodged there, and the word of the Lord came to him, and said, What doest thou here Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, for Israel hath forsaken thy Covenant, thrown down thy Altars, and slain thy Prophets, and I only am...

...by others, the higher they should be valued and honored by us. Such a spirit was found in Elijah ; " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts...thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword," 1 Kings xix. 14. A good man will strive to honor and secure those truths and duties most, which he...

...seen its wickedness. The children of Israel, (saith the sorrowful prophet,*) The children of hrael have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,...prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left. But what saith the answer of God? / have reserved to myself seven thousand men that have not bowed...

...society? You think, perhaps, you can go to heaven alone. Yes, were you circumstanced like him, who said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy Prophets...

...Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer. He hath not left one word behind him in the cave; ' I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts;...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.' I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, ' I run away...

...depp and gloomy apprehensions respecting the slati; of religion in his day. " 1 have," said he, "bpen very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : because the...and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even Í only am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." Such a declaration as this, coming from such...

...those deep and gloomy apprehensions respecting the state of religion in his day. " I have," said he, "been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : because...Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine alurs, and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even I only am left; and they seek my life to...

...one has ever felt disposed to ascribe to them equality with his Divine Majesty. 1 Kings xix. 10 : " And he said, I have' been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and thrown down thy altars," &c. I will repeat...

...sent, and bewail his case ? No, for / have, said he, been £t very jealous for the Lord ofliosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and SF.RM. slam thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am LXVII. igj"f^ ana they seek my life,...