 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
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 pages
...simplicity. Now, for the first time, we understand the spirit of the Syrian general's reply to the prophet: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" and the force of his servant's answer, " My father, if the prophet had bid thee... | |
 | Samuel Shaw - Theology, Practical - 1829 - 318 pages
...take off the soul ; " What is thy Beloved more than another beloved," that thou art so fond of him? " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Be content, here is hay and provender; stay with me this night; let us dally and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...disdain, in the reply of the Syrian General, Naaman, to the prophet Elisha, respecting this river: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel 1 may I not wash in them and be clean 1" 2 Kings v. 12. ABANCAY, or AVANCAY, a province... | |
 | Henry Scougal, George Garden - Theology - 1829 - 280 pages
...ony 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 ordinance... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Sermons, American - 1830 - 500 pages
...was very natural; "he was wroth, and went away, and said, I thought surely he will come out to me, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the...and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of 183 Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean?" No, proud man, the rivers of Damascus will... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 pages
...of Israel ? ' Behold,' says he, ' 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...the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpaf, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be... | |
 | William Ashmead - Sermons, American - 1830 - 522 pages
...then, instead of resorting to the simple and unfailing remedy which the Bible suggests, they exclaim, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May we not wash in them, and be clean ?"' In a word, they substitute in the room of the Christian scheme,... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Christian life - 1830 - 430 pages
...thing to surprise or 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 thought of profane and ignorant fools. For the outside of this... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1838 - 508 pages
...to the leper. He directed him to dip seven times in the Jordan. But he turned away enraged, saying, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Rebuked by his servants, he returned to the prophet ; he obeyed ; and his " flesh... | |
 | James Sigston - Methodism - 1830 - 258 pages
...and address were perfectly natural when he said, "Behold I thought, he will surely come out to me. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel 1" And the arguments of his servants were inspired by Heaven : they said, " My father,... | |
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