...good is it? '" His servants (wiser than their master) venture to whisper in his ear — " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? " The tempest is instantly a calm : he washes in Jordan and is clean. The great man comes now back...

...near and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? How much more then when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean. Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according...

...turned, and went away in a rage. 13 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 ? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven...

...away in a rage. And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, ifthefirofihet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? How much rather then, when he •aith unto thee, wash and be clean ? Then toent he down and diflfied himself...

...tyrant's menaces we need to fear, Nor the embattled legions of our foes. * A PARAPHRASE. " My father, if the Prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he sajth to thee, wash, and be clean ?" — * KINGS, 5, v. 13. THIS admonition touched...

...by grace alone, is much neglected. Mankind are ready to say, as the servant said to Naaman, ** If he had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ?" Mankind, in unbelief, would rather be saved by works than by grace ; at least, by both together...

...turned and went away in a rage, 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, s concerning his SSL, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 1! And if any one of the common peo rather then, when he saith to thee. Wash, and be clean ? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven...

...tell him his faults. Ver. 13. "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 unto thee, wash and be clean ?" His instantaneous recovery from so loathsome...

...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 to thee, Wash, and be clean ? f 2 Kings ii. 12. And Elisha saw it, and he...

...have eattle. (ej 2 Kings 5. 13. And his servants eame near, and spake unto him, and saitt, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how mueh rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be elean ? Cfj 2 Kings 2. 12. And Elisha saw it,...