 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 σελίδες
...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 - 1793 - 566 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...thou set on fire, and their young men " wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash " their children, and rip up their women with " child. — And Hazael...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 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1804 - 372 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...children, and rip up their women with child ; -which toa» 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... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 σελίδες
...When the prophet intimated to Hazael the horrid cruelties he would commit, he immediately exclaimed, " What ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing !" Those who are unacquainted with the depravity and decei1 fulness of the human heart, little think... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 σελίδες
...wilt thou set on fre, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said,...servant a dog that he should do this great thing ? And Eiisha answered, ' The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over. Syria. - . - ^ - Page 3 1... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 σελίδες
...Father,' &c." SERMON I. THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING ONE'S-SELF* 2 KINGS, VIII. PARf OF THE 13TH VERSE. And Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing * WE have a very singular instance of the deceitfulness of the heart represented to us in the person... | |
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And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 
