 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...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 in them, and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Edward Patteson - Christian life - 1826 - 389 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Religion - 1827 - 394 pages
...it be such an interposition, as shall proclaim the worthiness and importance of the objects of his kindness, no less than the omnipotence, and majesty,...rebel, bound over to everlasting perdition. To him, his Father's house has no attractions ; his Father's presence creates in his bosorn only gloom, and... | |
 | Thomas J. Lee - Readers - 1827 - 196 pages
...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,...of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean?" 16. So he turned, and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said,... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...natural fitness and virtue in river water to cure the leprosy, Naaman reasoned well when he said, " are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel; may I not wash in them and be clean?" But upon the supposition that means depend wholly on God for their efficacy, his reasoning had no reason... | |
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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? 
