| William Mason - 1765 - 522 pagine
...live, not so mucn on comforts as on " the God of all comforts," 2 Cor. i. 3. AUGUST 4. — And Hazael said, But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? — 2 Kings viii. 13. Oh, the treachery of the human heart ! both scripture and experience prove... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1793 - 566 pagine
...heart revolted with horrour from the very idea of such enormities; and compelled him to exclaim : Bui what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing'*? ? An access to the height either of vice or virtue must be gradually progressive, and was never yet... | |
| Joseph Wildman - 1799 - 308 pagine
...might have exclaimed with the just indignation of affronted virtue, and in the words of Hazael—" But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing." t T 2 Nor Nor let the presumtuous wretch, exulting in some successful act of villany, attempt an apology... | |
| William Russell - 1801 - 510 pagine
...the " sword ; and wilt dash their children in pieces, and rip up their " women with child. And Hazael said, but what is thy servant a "dog, that he should...hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. So he " departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, " what said ILlisha to thee... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pagine
...with the sword, and wilt dash " their children, and rip up their women with " child. — And Hazael said, But what, is thy " servant a dog that he should do this great " thing?"— How shall a mean and despicable creature, such as thy servant, who is no better than a dog, have the... | |
| William Mason - 1803 - 400 pagine
...children wise, He pardont his inheritance When they forget thy law. For their Redeemer's sake. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?... .2 Kings viii. 13. Oj THE treachery of the human heart! both scripture and experience prove this melancholy... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pagine
...to the prophet Elisha, to enquire of him whether he should recover. The prophet looked soattentively on this messenger, that it put him into some confusion...hath shewed me, that thou shalt be king over Syria.' I might enforce these reasons for the love of our country, by considerations adapted to my readers,... | |
| William Giles - 1804 - 280 pagine
...thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children ; and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should...hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. , ' When Hazael heard the predictions of the prophet, he was, I have no doubt, struck with horrour.... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1804 - 372 pagine
...strong mixture of indignation at the supposition that he was capable of such enormous wickedness, " What, is ." thy servant a dog, that he should do this great " thing ?" yet the very next day he commits the atrocious crime of murdering his master. The most hardened... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pagine
...rip up their women with child ; -which toağ the highest degree 13 of barbarous cruelty. And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?* And F. lis lia answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria ; and iahen thou... | |
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