...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...Behold, I thought he will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place and recover the...and be clean? 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....

...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,...

...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...

...heavens cleave asunder, and a visible arm of strength be let down from the regions of eternal day. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?" The plan, which the Most High has revealed, annihilates all such aspiring imaginations. It assumes...

...heavens cleave asunder, and a visible arm of strength be let down from the regions of eternal day. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?" • The plan, which the Most High has revealed, annihilates all such aspiring imaginations. It assumes...

...Behold, I thought he will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his' hand over the place and recover the leper. Are not Abana and PharparT rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of. Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean?...

...Behold I thought, IJe will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the...of Israel ! May I not wash in them and be clean?" But if he had not happily returned to a better mind, if he had not "dipped himself seven times in Jordan,...