| John Owen - 1826 - 366 pàgines
...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,... | |
| Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1826 - 488 pàgines
...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 than all the waters of Israel ; may I not wash in them and be clean ? ' Folly and pride strive for place in a natural... | |
| N W. Oliver - 1826 - 338 pàgines
...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... | |
| John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pàgines
...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 than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean m ?" Let the preaching of the word, and all... | |
| Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pàgines
...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 than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ?"— 2 Kings, v. 12. THUS arrogant, and thus... | |
| Edward Patteson - 1826 - 389 pàgines
...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 - 518 pàgines
...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,... | |
| 1827 - 394 pàgines
...heavens cleave asunder, and a visible arm of strength be let down from the regions of eternal day. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?" The plan, which the Most High has revealed,... | |
| 1827 - 392 pàgines
...heavens cleave asunder, and a visible arm of strength be let down from the regions of eternal day. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?" • The plan, which the Most High has revealed,... | |
| Thomas J. Lee - 1827 - 196 pàgines
...speed. 1 5. He likewise laughed at the prophet desiring him to wash in the river Jordan, for, said he, "Are not Ab'a-na and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean?" 16. So he turned, and went away in a rage.... | |
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