| Timothy Dwight - 1830 - 566 páginas
...him to do any thing, which involved the destruction of Lot, Numbers xxii. 18, Balaam says, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do leas or more. This declaration of Balaam, I considet as expressing fully and completely the very thing,... | |
| Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 396 páginas
...had to bestow, and bid up to the extent of their commission. ' And Balaam answered and said, if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do more or less.' All this sounds well, had it been as religiously observed as it was solemnly professed.... | |
| Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 392 páginas
...had to bestow, and bid up to the extent of their commission. ' And Balaam answered and said, if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do more or less.' All this sounds well, had it been as religiously observed as it was solemnly professed.... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 páginas
...BALAAM'S CHARACTER. Numb. xxii. 18, 19. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye aho here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto... | |
| John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1862 - 540 páginas
...reverence of the Almighty; for we find him repeatedly declaring, in the words of my text — " If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." Nor was he a stranger to the sentiments of admiration of piety and virtue, since we find him bursting... | |
| John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 534 páginas
...purpose which, amidst his general irresolution, he steadfastly professed — " If Balak would give mo his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond...the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." If I should gain the whole •world, I cannot offend my God, and thus lose my own soul. Let this be... | |
| William Bengo Collyer - 1833 - 252 páginas
...which vras the grand spring of his usual operations, acquires the ascendency; and he said, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." Happy had it been for him, if this principle had continued to prevail ; if his intercourse with the... | |
| Noah Webster - 1833 - 202 páginas
...supplies. " And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some, less." — Exod. 16. 17. " I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord, my God, to do less or more. — Numb. 22. 18. " Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done."... | |
| John Watkins - 1833 - 526 páginas
...I not also," says he, " unto the messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord .to do either good or bad, of mine own mind ; but what the Lord saith, that... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1839 - 288 páginas
...whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people." Balaam replied, " If Ealak would give me his house full of silver and...the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." Was this reply made conscientiously, fearlessly, conclusively 1 It ought so to have been. " The word... | |
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