 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...Are not Abana and Pharpar, Rivers of Damafcui, better than all the Waters of Ifrael ? may I not wafh in them and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a Rage. 13 And his Servants came near, and fpake unto him, am) faid, My Father, If the Prophet had bid thee do fome great Thtog, would ft thou... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Datnafcus, better than all the waters of Ifrael? may I not wafh in them and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. '' 13 And his fervants came near, and fpake unto him, and laid, My father, if thprophet had bid thee do fame great... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 390 pages
...rather than the good work of God to promote our salvation. 'SERMON XV. 2 KINGS v. 13, 14, 15, 16, J7. And his servants came near, and spake unto him and...father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing wouldst thou not have done it ? HCKO much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...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...and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. Then his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some... | |
 | 1828
...season, how good is it? '" His servants (wiser than their master) venture to whisper in his ear — " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? " The tempest is instantly a calm : he washes in Jordan and is clean. The great man comes now back... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...foolishest, vainest, and absurdest things in the world. He said, " Are Abanaand Parphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash...be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage." Nevertheless, upon being better advised, he tried the experiment, and found a cure. The propriety of... | |
 | David Tappan - 1807 - 406 pages
...Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, woiddest thou not have done it ? How much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?... | |
 | Poems - 1808 - 186 pages
...interpose, No tyrant's menaces we need to fear, Nor the embattled legions of our foes. * A PARAPHRASE. " My father, if the Prophet had bid thee do some great...thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he sajth to thee, wash, and be clean ?" — * KINGS, 5, v. 13. THIS admonition touched an alien's heart,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 pages
...hand over " the 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 be clean*?" So reasoned this wise man; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 424 pages
...strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? — May I not...clean ? — " So he turned and went away in a rage." His servants, reluctant to think that their hopes should be frustrated by his passionate resolution,... | |
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Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 
