 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? how much rather, then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean...  The History of the Prophet Elisha - Page 68by W. P. Dothie - 1872 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Fox - Society of Friends - 1821 - 420 pages
...and strike his hand over the place, and so recover him : but his servant came near and said to him/" my father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it 1 how much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?" whereupon he went and washed... | |
 | Andrew Ramsay - Sermons, English - 1821 - 500 pages
...he says only, " Do this, and " live ?" As the servant said to Naaman the Syrian, " Had the prophet bid thee do " some great thing, wouldst thou not " have done it ? How much more then, " when he hath said, only, Wash and be " clean?" Accordingly, we find, that the necessity... | |
 | Mary R. Sterndale - 1821 - 886 pages
...away from the remonstrance of his servants, who said, ' My father, if the prophet had told thee to do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? How much more then when he said to thee, Wash, and be clean.' Every one who instructs you in what you was previously... | |
 | Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 pages
...away from the remonstrance of his servants, who said, ' My father, if the prophet had told thee to do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? How much more then when he said to thee, Wash, and be clean.' Every one who instructs you in what you was previously... | |
 | John Venn - Sermons - 1822 - 478 pages
...and unworthy sinners as we are. We may say as the servants of Naaman,"lf the prophet had bid thee to do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it?...then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?" My fellow-sinners, God has provided a Saviour, even Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son. He has exalted... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany, Economic - 1822 - 406 pages
...genus of the Didynamia Gymnospermia class. " IF the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean ? " Naaman felt the justice of his servant's rebuke, bathed, and recovered his flesh. Horehound has... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...herdsmen ; for we be brethren. 2 Kings v. 13. And his servants came near, aud spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean. Judges... | |
 | John Thornton - 1823 - 196 pages
...his servants, on a certain occasion, had the keen edge of reproof, and all the force of reason : " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great...rather, then, when he saith to thee, wash and be clean?" When the end is great, shall it be lost because the means are easy and at hand ? " Do this in remembrance... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...his best friends. They came to him, and spake to him, and said, ' My father, if the prophet hatl hid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done...then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean.' These men were servants, not of the humor, but of the profit, of their master. Some servile spirits... | |
 | 1823 - 542 pages
...command, the more inexcusable was its violation : for, to adopt the language of Naaman's servants, " If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it?" Suppose, for instance, SEPT. 1823. it had been required, as a periodical acknowledgment of their entire... | |
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