 So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came 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?  Sermons by J. B. Massillon, Bishop of Clermont: To which is Prefixed, the ... - Seite 130von Jean-Baptiste Massillon - 1818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Author of The infant Christian's first catechism - 1833 - 238 Seiten
...the prophet's simple remedy. So they came up to him and said, " My father, if the prophet had bade thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done...rather, then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean." These were wise words, and Naaman listened to them. He went down and dipped himself seven times in... | |
 | 1833 - 764 Seiten
...prophet had told him to do. They said to him, " If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, woutdest thou not have done it ? how much rather, then, when he saith to thee, wash and be clean." When Naaman heard them speak thus, he thought he would try, and he went and dipped himself in the river... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1833 - 334 Seiten
...force of his servant's answer, " 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?" ' . But there may be a period in our history, reached before this, when we are able to look back, and... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1833 - 394 Seiten
...captain, which has been often alluded to by divines in this connexion, — " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it?"* Yet, while the simplicity of any principle or means, and therefore of faith, will often contribute... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 674 Seiten
...thee, ns Naaman's servants "i dresscd him : " My brother, if the prophet had bid thee do some gteal thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? How much rather then, when fee says to thee, I am the meek and Jowly Lamb of God ; wash in the stream of my blood — jtlvnge... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 Seiten
...as Naaman'e servants addressed him : " My brother, if the prophet had bid thee do some great tiling, wouldst thou not have done it ? How much rather then, when he says to thee, I am the meek and lowly Lamb of God ; wash in the stream of my blood — plunge in the... | |
 | Russell Streeter - 1833 - 146 Seiten
...J will make but few remarks on your sermon, from 2d Kings, v : 13. ' My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, would'st thou not have done it T The style of the sermon was good ; and you managed it so as to make it bear on one point, viz. the... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 Seiten
...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 1 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man... | |
 | John Johnston - 1834 - 582 Seiten
...and spaJce 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 ?" Naainan saw and felt the force of this remonstrance and advice ; and as he had not disregarded the... | |
 | Charles Lawson (M.A.) - 1834 - 422 Seiten
...labour to undertake. " If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing," said they, " wouldst not thou have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, wash and be clean ?" Persuaded, then, by this argument of his servants, he adopted the remedy which the prophet had proposed... | |
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