| Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pages
...see the performance, or manner of prophesying. Ver. 15. Bring me, said Elisha, a minstrel: and if. came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him" Here is the farce of the conjuror. Now for the prophecy ; " And Elisha said, (singing most prohably... | |
| 1835 - 792 pages
...Jehoram, king of Israel, consulted him in his wars with Moab, for a supply of water, Elisha said, " But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, lhal Ihe hand of the Lord came upon him." (2 Kings iii. 15.) Without, therefore, any further examples,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 730 pages
...man "." More emphatically, when Jehoshaphat called for Elisha to inquire of the Lord ; says Elisha, " Bring me a minstrel : and it came to pass when the...minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him * ;" that by the ravishing strains of music, his mind might be exalted into heavenly contemplations.... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 722 pages
...man u." More emphatically, when Jehoshaphat called for Elisha to inquire of the Lord ; says Elisha, " Bring me a minstrel : and it came to pass when the...minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him1;" that by the ravishing strains of music, his mind might be exalted into heavenly contemplations.... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1822 - 242 pages
...to see the performance, or manner of prophesying. " Ver. 15. ' Bring me, said Elisha, a minstrel i and it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.' Here is the farce of the conjuror. Now for the prophecy : ' And Elisha said, (singing most probably... | |
| David Jennings - 1823 - 654 pages
...thee nor see thee," 2 Kings iii, 12, 13. However, being willing to oblige Jehosaphat, " he called for a minstrel ; and it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him," ver. 15. The use of the minstrel seems to be to calm his passion and compose his mind, that he might... | |
| Primitive Methodists, Hugh Bourne - 1824 - 394 pages
...faith. It may be remarked too, that when the three kings sought unto Elisha for deliverance, he said, " bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the...played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him." 2 Kings, iii. 15. In the New Testament, we have peculiar directions for the performance of this service,... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1824 - 420 pages
...— We have now to see the performance, or manner of prophesying. Ver. 15. " Bring me, said Elisha, a minstrel : and it came' to pass, when the minstrel...played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him." Here is the farce of the conjuror. Now for the prophecy : " And Elisha said, (singing most probably... | |
| 1826 - 546 pages
...amongst the Hebrews : this is, the use of music for the inspiration of prophets. "And Elisha said, but now bring me a minstrel, and it came to pass when...played that the hand of the Lord came upon him."* This is the first time that such a circumstance is mentioned in the Bible, but it is upon so important... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LOBD came upon him. 16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus... | |
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