 | Joseph Fincher - 1829 - 442 pages
...and 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 then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of... | |
 | James Sigston - 1830 - 256 pages
...waters of Israel 1" And the arguments of his servants were inspired by Heaven : they said, " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it 1 ?" Indeed, all God's plans are founded on the abasing of human pride, " that no flesh may glory in... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 500 pages
...thus reason the case with him : ' My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?' Upon this gentle rebuke his stomach came down, and he condescended... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 pages
...and reasonable. " My father," said they, " if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean !" He was so wise as to hearken to this good advice ; " he went down and... | |
 | Lucy Barton - 1831 - 188 pages
...be clean ?" so he turned away in a rage. His servants then came near, and said to him, " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst...rather then, when he saith to thee, wash and be clean." Naaman seems to have been soothed by these kind words, which raised better feelings in his heart; for... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 428 pages
...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...have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?" whereupon he went and washed seven times, and was cured : and so he... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pages
...servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thing, wouldest thou e. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the ! 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pages
...and 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 then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? MEN universally claim a right to " do what they will with their own;" but they are extremely averse... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...near, and 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 then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean ? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man... | |
 | Thomas Boys - 1832 - 386 pages
...read the history of the cleansing of Naaman the Syrian ; and when I came to the 13th verse, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? — I let these words follow : DearFather,you are really just likeNaaman! I requested of you but... | |
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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... 
