...nursing father beareth the sucking child in his bosom *, — who, in his lowly meekness exclaimed, tvouhl God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them f who, prayed in love strong as death towards them, yet now if Thou wilt, forgive their sin, and if...

...would have had Moses to forbid them ; then Moses answered, and said unto him again, " Would to God all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." So Moses here (who was captain, governor, and judge over Israel) was far from restraining any from...

...Moses, for)id them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LOUD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them ! Numb. xi. '¿7 — 39. And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name...

...minister, instead of growing supercilious because of his official distinction, might say with Moses, "would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. " The. good of the lohole then is the benevolent object which Jehovah has proposed; — personal importance...

...answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 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 ! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 f And there went forth a « wind...

...short — even if his reasoning were logical, would I be irreverent in saying along with Moses, — "Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his epirit upon them:" or in supposing, that finding a ne* cessity, from the nature of the case, to form...

...strife, railings, evil surmisings. r Numb. xi. 29. And Moses said unto him, Erwiest thou for my eake ? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them. Mat. xxi.,15. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the...

...Joshua, &c. said, My 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...

...muriii. 15, 18. IT Exod. 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...

...elders who prophesied in the camp, that great man nobly answered, " Enviest thou for my sake ? Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them!" The gift of tongues was inferior to that of prophecy, in point of usefulness, unless when the discourse...