 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...of this commandment ; as when Herod " made an oration unto the people, and they gave a shout, saying it is the voice of a god, and not of a man." Acts xii. 21, 22. This was a most wicked application of the name to a creature intended to ascribe... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 454 pages
...apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them : and the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man: And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Massillon (bp. of Clermont.) - 1825 - 594 pages
...splendor of applause, and would wish, like the proud and impious Herod, to hear our auditors exclaim: it is the voice of a God and not of a man.* When this spectacle of vanity ceases, our energy subsides, and we bear with impatience, the silence... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 pages
...the handwriting on the wall ! Herod may shine in gorgeous robes, and so speak that people may say, ' It is the voice of a god and not of a man :' but ! — worms shall be sent to devour Herod, and spoil his pomp and grandeur : there is no peace... | |
 | Samuel Walker - 1825 - 270 pages
...Herod, when he sat upon his throne and made an oration: " The people shouted with a great shout, saying, It is the voice of a God, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory; and he was eaten... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...after, and cried up, and have many followers. Herod loveth to hear in commendation of his oration, " It is the voice of a god and not of a man '." It is a feast to the proud, to hear that men abroad do magnify him, or see that those about him... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 536 pages
...passage in the Acts of the Apostles, flashed like lightning in his mind : And they shouted and said, It is the voice of a God, and not of a man And he was eaten of worms, because he gave not God the glory. There seemed to him a considerable analogy... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 854 pages
...he relates, that in the same instant, when the people, in honour of Herod, ' gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a God and not of a man ; the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : And he was eaten up of worms, and... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1826 - 386 pages
...appeared in great splendor, and delivered an oration, so pleasing to his audience, that they shouted, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." That moment he was smitten by an angel with an incurable disease, because he gave not God the glory.... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1826 - 630 pages
...appeared in great splendor, and delivered an oration, so pleasing to his audience, that they shouted, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." That moment he was smitten by an angel with an incurable disease, because he gave not God the glory.... | |
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And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 
