And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and... Sermons - Page 37by Hugh Blair - 1820Full view - About this book
| William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 522 pages
...happy to 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 - Apologetics - 1793 - 566 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...evil that thou wilt do " unto the children of Israel : their strong holds " wilt thou set on fire, and their young men " wilt thou slay with the sword,...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... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 pages
...evil " that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel ; their " strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young " men wilt thou slay with the sword,...their children, and rip up their women with child". Thus much did the man of God say and know of him, by a light darted into his mind from Heaven. But... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 418 pages
...evil " that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel ; their " strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young " men wilt thou slay with the sword,...their children, and rip up their women with child". Thus much did the man of God say and know of him, by a light darted into his mind from Heaven. But... | |
| William Russell - Europe - 1801 - 510 pages
...evil " that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel. Their strong holds ' " wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with 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... | |
| William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 400 pages
...thy 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... | |
| William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword,...Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. , ' When Hazael heard the predictions of the prophet, he was, I have no doubt,... | |
| John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pages
...know the evil thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and...their children, and rip up their women with child." InHAZ stead of expressing any abhorrence at the thought that he could be capable of the barbarities... | |
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