of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou 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... Life and Works: A Collection of Pamphlets - Page 46by Joanna Southcott - 1813Full view - About this book
| What - 1829 - 360 pages
...with his subjects to 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... | |
| Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...the voice of the " Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice; and to hearken, " than the fat of rams: for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, " and stubbornness is iniquity and idolatry. Because thoti " hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Church history - 1829 - 770 pages
...they say Laban spake. The Rev. Mr. Birch, ipon this subject, and translating 1 Sara. xv. 23, ebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry, observes, the literal translation of the Hebrew is as follows:— ' rebellion is the sin of divination,... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1830 - 304 pages
...the commandment of the Lord, and thy words : because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness...Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.... | |
| 1831 - 982 pages
...spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord .'.. . .Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice.. .. for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness...of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king"(vers. 19,22, 23). And this is subsequently given as the reason: "For the Lord hath rent the kingdom... | |
| Thomas Smart Hughes - 1831 - 446 pages
...Ireland. 1 SAMUEL, xv. 22, 23.—Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams :—For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry 369 SERMONS. SUMMARY OF SERMON VIII. JUDE,—VERSES 22, 23. PART I. | MAN has but one entrance into... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pages
...obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,...stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thoti hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. THE sins of God's... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...the Lord as great 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,... | |
| 1832 - 378 pages
...himself before the Lord, and before his servant Samuel, for the very sin for which he now was punished. 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—(a very common stumbling-block.)... | |
| Joseph Alderson - 1832 - 400 pages
...Men. 1 Sam. xv. 10,23,26. " Then came the Word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying—Because thou [Saul] hast rejected The Word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king—Thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over... | |
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