To his subjects' petitions he responded, memorably but rashly, that whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions. To this the taxpayers cried out, "What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in... Discourses on Government - Page 279de Algernon Sidney - 1805Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Algernon Sidney - 1794 - 836 pages
...defined, that God would fpare the people, and turn the effect of his anger againft himfelf, and the houfe of his father. But Rehoboam was not their head ; for...would add to the weight ; and that if his father had chaftifed them with whips, he would chaftife them with fcorpions. The head is no burden to the body,... | |
| 1885 - 324 pages
...part of a double title of Christ ? 7. Who was smitten for touching the ark? 8. Who told his people that if his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions ? 9. A left-handed judge who delivered Israel from the Moabites. 10. What prophet reproved David for... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1859 - 282 pages
...finger should be thicker than his father's loin; and that he would add to their yoke ; and that whereas his father had chastised them -with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions. This rash counsel proved Rehoboam's ruin. Yea, David himself though a good man, yet being in his warm... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1866 - 566 pages
...finger should be thicker than his father's loins, and that he would add to their yoke; and that whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions.' This rash counsel proved Reboboam's ruin ; yea, David himself, though a good man, yet being in his... | |
| C T. Winter - 1880 - 336 pages
...young men. So he spoke roughly, and said that he would make his father's yoke heavier ; and whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions. Instantly the men of Israel raised the cry, " To your tents, O Israel !" The greater part of the nation... | |
| Charles Richard Ball - 1884 - 312 pages
...groaned, in his scornful insolence he declared that he would make their burdens yet more grievous, and if his father had chastised them with whips he would chastise them with scorpions. The people were not likely to endure such treatment as this ; ten of the tribes rebelled and formed themselves... | |
| John T. Page - 1898 - 290 pages
...notwithstanding that its victims numbered nearly 100,000. On Philip's accession it was evident that whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions. "A dull and malignant bigot . . . was thenceforth to exercise despotic authority over countries which... | |
| John Milton - 1901 - 184 pages
...scourge. When Solomon's son came to the throne, he offended his subjects by declaring that, whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions, from which it is evident that scorpions were much crueller than ordinary whips. 705. tenfold. Milton... | |
| James Macdonald - 2003 - 590 pages
...by a taxpayers' revolt. To his subjects' petitions he responded, memorably but rashly, that whereas his father had chastised them with whips, he would chastise them with scorpions. To this the taxpayers cried out, "What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the... | |
| Linda Clark, Christine Carpenter - 2004 - 222 pages
...that he should be a servant unto his people, Rehoboam had threatened them instead, saying that while his father had chastised them with whips he would chastise them with scorpions; the severity of his taxation - a constant refrain in the presentation of the Lancastrian case against Richard... | |
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