...was eaten to death with vermin, was applauded by the flattering crowd, but with this acclamation, ' It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.' Will you say of any man that he is wiser than God ? If you dare not say so, how dare you hear them...

...head and heart, was no more than what was to be expected ; and, accordingly, when men began to cry, " It is the voice of a god and not of a man," the warning of the Godbcadhad already began to declare itself by symptoms which could not be mistaken....

...of by his Apostles ; whom too many, alas ! have despised merely for the meanness of their persons. Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,...saying, It is the voice of a GOD, and not of a man. Paul preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection ; and they called him a Babbler. Hearken, my beloved...

...Herod, on a set day, arrayed in gorgeous apparel, made ли oration unto the people, and they cried, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man ! that the angel of the Lord smote him, and he was eaten of worms, because he gave not to God the glory....

...Sidon exclaimed, in reply to Herod's oration, when he sat upon his throne arrayed in royal apparel, " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man !" The first inventor or assertor of such deification, however, appears to have been Ninus, king of...

...persecutor of the people of God, deserves peculiar notice : having his heart elated by prosperity," Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration •: The people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man : and immediately...

...clemency. When he had ended, he heard his praises resound from every quarter ; — the multitude shouted, " It is the voice of a god and not of a man." His vain heart was elated with this impious compliment, which, considering that Herod professed the...

...exalt himself, the effect of it would probably have been similar to that of Herod's oration, when " the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." Bat Joshua possessed " another spirit." Long had he been dead to pride and self-interest. He sought...

...appearance, and, perhaps, prompted by some of his court sycophants, cried with loud acclamations, " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." The monarch, too sensible of praise, approved instead of checking this impious flattery, and was instantly...

...punished. What think you, then, of the history of Herod Agrippa? On a set day, says the historian, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto the people. And the people s^ave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately...