 Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. " But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God,...  Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted ... - Page 88by Joseph Lathrop - 1809Full view - About this book
 | John Venn - 1822 - 460 pages
...goodness of God. He has ordained it, and let us be satisfied and thankful. Let us not say with Naaman, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? I thought, surely he would have come out to me, and waved bis hand over me." Rather... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Theology, Doctrinal - 1822 - 328 pages
...thing to surprise and amaze us here? What better is this than our ordinary entertainment at home ? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? * Such may be the thoughts of profane and ignorant fools; for the outside of this... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 416 pages
...Behold, I thought," says he, " that " the man of God will surely come out to " me, and stand and call on the name of " the Lord his God, and strike his hand...place, and recover the leper. " Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of " Damascus, better than all the waters of " Israel? May I not wash in them, and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 910 pages
...Barrady or Chrysorrhoas, which waters the city of Damascus and the country about it (2 Kings v. 12.). " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" The river of Damascus has its fountain in the mountains of Libanus. At its approach... | |
 | John William Cunningham - Sermons, English - 1823 - 378 pages
...lying in darkness. You must not indulge the spirit which prompted the> proud captain of old to ask, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" But, whatever be the course which Scripture points out, and to whatever office... | |
 | Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard - 1824 - 224 pages
...the Syrian,* when desired by Elisha to bathe in the Jordan, for the cure of his leprosy, exclaimed, ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and • 2 Kings, T. 13. be clean ?' In the capital of the Roman Empire, according to Fabricius, there were... | |
 | Theology - 1824 - 400 pages
...times"—Naaman was highly displeased. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus" he exclaimed, '> better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean? Behold 1 thought, he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call upon the name of the Lord his... | |
 | John Farmer - New Hampshire - 1824 - 492 pages
...in a rage, and said, 1 thought he would come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Ahana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not (wash in them... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 636 pages
...wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 2 Kings v. 11. ь And God said, Let there be light : and there was light, Gen. i. 3. For he spake,... | |
 | Barbara Allan Simon - Christian life - 1825 - 142 pages
...his monarch, he was blinded and seduced by worldly wisdom, and thus he reasoned : '• Are not Abna and Pharpar. rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May 1 not as well wash in them to be cured ? So he turned and went away in a rage ; but a wise servant... | |
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