 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
 | John Milton - 1836 - 482 pages
...Balaam said, Let me die the death of the ^ighteous, and let my last end be like his. " And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I Have transgressed the commandment of the Lord; i?et honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders Of my people. " And when Ahab heard the words of... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 494 pages
...Balaam said, Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. " 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... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes, Thomas Sherlock, Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1837 - 428 pages
...SAMUEL, CHAP. XV. VERSES 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. NOTHING is more easy than to say our prayers, and to obey our superiors; yet there is nothing to which... | |
 | Mennonites - Mennonites - 1837 - 540 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, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. (1 Sam. 15. 22,23.) Here we see that disobedience to the voice of <li e Lord is a heinous sin; and... | |
 | Mennonites - Mennonites - 1837 - 476 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, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. (1 Sam. 15: 22,23.) leie we_see that disobedience to the voice of ~ A * f ~e would be til acceptable... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 402 pages
...government, it will not be the fault of the subject—a fault it will be, and an horrible crime, no doubt: " for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry" (Sam. I. xv. 23); but all its guilt, and all the horrors of rebellion are properly chargeable on the... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Sermons, English - 1837 - 454 pages
...evil spirits. So true is it, in a kindred sense to that in which the words were used by Samuel, that " rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry V Now, then, we come to the concluding scene of this course of crime, perpetrated by one man,—the... | |
 | Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1838 - 306 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,...of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king."f The preceding remarks illustrate the nature of true religion as it is described in the text.... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Church and state - 1838 - 104 pages
...stubbornness : " For rebellion is as the sin of witch' craft, and stubbornness (passive resistance) is as iniquity and ' idolatry: because thou hast rejected...Lord, ' he hath also rejected thee from being king." Passive resistance resembles what Dr Johnson called " defensive pride." But pride or resistance to... | |
 | Rev. R. Shittler - Religions - 1838 - 368 pages
...majesty and greatness of him against whom it is manifested. This it was that led Samuel to afnrm,t " For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry," &c.; and this it was that led the wise man to say,f " Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and... | |
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