 | Barbara Allan Simon - 1825 - 142 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 712 sivua
...feed on ashes; and, not knowing our moral diseases, they say, with their cousin Naanian, the Syrian, Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Jordan? Oh! pity them, my dear friends, and pray for them, for we ourselves were sometimes... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1825 - 714 sivua
...remedy? have I not oft done thus in vain? have we not better streams at home, than any Israel can afford? "are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Folly and pride strive for place in a natural heart, and it is hard to say whether... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 sivua
...place, and recover the leper. dZZL 12 Are not § Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, '• *• Anu"a- better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash...and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 sivua
...Feeling and thought came forth to bless, And hear with awe the voice of God. NAAMAN'S PRIDE AND FOLLY. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ?"— 2 Kings, v. 12. THUS arrogant, and thus absurd Was he who then the prophet heard : We blame his... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 sivua
...or undervalue those " wells of salvation" which he hath opened unto us ; and to say with disdain, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean m ?" Let the preaching of the word, and all the means of grace, be regarded as Divine appointments,... | |
 | Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1826 - 488 sivua
...salvation they would choose, with that which the unfathomable love of God has provided in his Son. Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ; may I not wash in them and be clean ? ' Folly and pride strive for place in a natural heart, and it is hard to say, whether is most predominant... | |
 | Edward Patteson - 1826 - 389 sivua
...that so much spiritual importance should be assigned to them?' In the same spirit spake Naaraan. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?"' Little was he aware, by what authority he was directed to wash in Jordan. As little... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 366 sivua
...urgency of temptations, they can hardly be brought to a compliance therewithal. They are ready to say, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Is it not better to betake ourselves, and to trust to our own promises, resolutions,... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 518 sivua
...of temptations, they can hardly be brought unto a compliance therewithal. They are ready to say, ' Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel?' Is it not better to betake ourselves and to trust unto our own promises, resolutions,... | |
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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? 
