| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 356 pages
...xxxii. 57. should eclipse the glory of his master : ' Enviest thou for ray sake, would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them !'* " What perseverance ! Witness those exhortations ; and that sacred song, with which he concluded... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...lord Moses, forbid them : and Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them! — Numb. xi. 26-29. Mark xi. 27, 28. Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of... | |
| 1828 - 546 pages
...disorderly, and neglected neighbourhood : — " Would God that nil the Lord's people," many or few, " were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! " Boys, Romans ix. A Summary of the Laws peculiarly affecting Protestant Dissenters. With an Appendix,... | |
| Esther Copley - 1829 - 514 pages
...in his answer on this occasion, was truly noble: " Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them." And now the expected supply of food arrived. By a most astonishing miracle, an immense quantity of... | |
| Samuel Shaw - 1829 - 340 pages
...this Moses doth excellently witness of himself in that holy rapture of his, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them !" By such examples as these a good man desires to live, yea, by higher precedents than either Abraham... | |
| Jews - 1832 - 592 pages
...selfish considerations ; in the true spirit of his elevated office, he exclaimed, "Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them !" But neither the zeal of the elders nor the authority of Moses could quell the sedition ; the multitude... | |
| Thomas Chalkley - 1832 - 480 pages
...Christ, being of the mind of Moses, when he said, in answer to Joshua, •' Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them," Numb. xi. 29. After this meeting I went to Springfield, and the next day returned home. On the 22nd... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...would have had Moses forbid them, but he replied, " Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them !" Numb. xi. 24 — 20. ELDERS OF Is RAF.i.,the heads of tribes, who, before the settlement of the... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thoufor my sake ? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! EXPERIENCE proves that eminent situations are atttended with manifold anxieties ; and that rulers,... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...forbad Elilail and Medad to prophesy in the camp), Enviest thou for my sake ' would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! Nu. xi. 29. And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all... | |
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