 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it, Matt. viii. 8, 9. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said. Behold,...surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the líame of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper, 8 Kings v. 1... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pages
...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 - Bible - 1825 - 714 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Patteson - Christian life - 1826 - 389 pages
...ever and ever."* • Revel, ii. 10. ' 1 Pet.v. 8—11. SERMON VIII. EVILS OF SELF-WILL. 2 KINGS v. 11. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said ; behold,...strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. IF the pure and benevolent messengers of heaven take a kind interest, as we have reason to believe,... | |
 | 1874 - 352 pages
...the shores of destruction. " Behold," says Naaman, in his wrath, " / thought that the prophet would surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord and his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper." Yes, Naaman, you, in self-pride... | |
 | N W. Oliver - English fiction - 1826 - 338 pages
...act as merely believing, and to say in the proud spirit of Naaman, when desired to bathe in Jordan, ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel.' I remember hearing my father say, that he thought un~ 1 belief was so deeply rooted... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...thee, and thou shall be clean. с 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, 1 ihought, er seven times, and cleanse it, and nallow it from th Ihc name of ihe LORD his God, and slrike his hand over ihe place, aud recover the leper. с 12 Are... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 366 pages
...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 - Puritans - 1826 - 518 pages
...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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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, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 
