| John Howe - 1832 - 566 pages
...himself to God. Think of the distresses of Saul, (Sam. 28. 15.) as there he laments his own case : " The Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and giveth me no answer;" he could have no relief from God. It hath been the privilege of souls, that are... | |
| John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...to the earth : and Samuel said, "Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ?" And Saul answered, "I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war...answereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do." Then said Samuel,... | |
| William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 pages
...vengeance was to be poured out upon him and his house ; for when Saul uttered the piercing complaint, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war...departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophels, nor by dreams : therefore 1 have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I... | |
| 1833 - 402 pages
...abandoning those to whom he denied such immediate directions; hence, that of Saul (1 Sam. xxviii. 15). God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams, nor by Urim. And it was a sign of irreligion, and neglect of God, not to go immediately to him for... | |
| Thomas Watson - Sermons, English - 1833 - 794 pages
...sad a condition are they, when an hour of distress comes 1 This waa Saul's case, I Sam. xxviii. 15, " I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and the Lord, is departed from me." A wicked man, in time of trou)le, is like a vessel tossed on the sea... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1843 - 318 pages
...blissful rest which pervades the abodes of the blessed 1) " I am sore distressed ;" was Saul's reply, "for the Philistines make war against me, and God...answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do." " Wherefore then... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Bible - 1834 - 276 pages
...himself. 15 And Samuel said to Saul, (do) Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up 1 And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war...me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no mere neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known... | |
| William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 330 pages
...Jacob is our refuge." But what is every thing else without God ! — How lamentable was the speech of Saul — " I am sore distressed, for the Philistines...make war against me, and God is departed from me!" Oh! when the enemy is approaching; when the day of death draws nigh — and you have no God ! — every... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 370 pages
...himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war...answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayst make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel,... | |
| John Howe - Puritans - 1835 - 662 pages
...called up; who said unto him, " Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?" To whom Saul answered, I am sore distressed, for the Philistines make war...God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, 1 Sam. xxviii. 15. This was a grievous distress indeed : there was great trouble from without, and... | |
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