...passion. But one of his servants wisely said, " 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." He took the hint, and was perfectly liealed. 1 Kings v. 3. Another thing makes believing a labour....

...and spake unto him and said, My fa" ther, if the prophet had bid thee do some " great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? " How much rather then, when he saith unto " thee, wash and be clean?" They soften the boldness of their address to him, we see, by giving...

...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...

...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...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...

...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 seven times in Jordan,...

...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 an alien's heart,...

...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...

...and said, My father, If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it 9 How much, rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be dean '/ These men were servants, not of the humour, but of the profit of their master. Some servile...

...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....sin through ignorance, while he doeth semnv/iat aga ? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man...

...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...rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean ? f 2 Kings ii. 12. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and...