...not Abana and Pharpar, " rivers of Damafcus, better than all the waters of " Krael ? may I not wafh in them, and be clean ? So " he turned, and went away in a rage." And the fame is to be feen in the world of Providence. Who is " content with fuch things as" he has...

...call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his handover the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do...

...hand over " the place, and recover the leper. Are not ", Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, " better than all the waters of Israel ? May " I not wash in them, and be clean*?" So reasoned this wise man; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion....

...call upon the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...clean ? — " So he turned and went away in a rage." His servants, reluctant to think that their hopes should be frustrated by his passionate resolution,...

...institutions of the gospel ; just as the Syrian leper, when he was ordered to wash in Jordan, objected, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...of Israel ? — May I not wash in them and be clean ? The same humour often opposes the doctrines, as well as institutions of God. Some hastily reject...

...by the Prophet, in that he would only cure and not compliment him, they reverently call him Father : his servants came near and spake unto him, and said, My Father, Kc. And, here, not to discourse of dominion and servitude, whether the original and foundation of either'...

...strike his hand owr the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abaoa and .Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash...be clean ? So he turned and went away in a 'rage. And bis servants' came near, and spake unto him, and P 3 saidi taid, My father, if- the prophet had...

...ofthejifth commandment A. The general scope of the fifth commandment is, the performance e 2 Kings v. 13. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had tid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith...

...leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may not I wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage." Vain mortals are apt to- fancy themselves of as much consequence in the sight of God as they are in...

...call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may not I wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage." Vain mortals are apt to...