 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me 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 Newton - Bible - 1803 - 460 pages
...were. (Numb. XXIV. 1.) He appears too to have had fome pious thoughts and refolutions, by declaring I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God to do lefs or more ; and by fo earneftly wiihing Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my laji end... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1804 - 442 pages
...you this grace ! Amen. SERMOX XIV. THE SALE OF TRUTH. Prov. xxiii. 23. Sell not the Tnttk. F lialalc would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the u-ord of the Lord my God, to do less or more, Numb. xxii. 18. This was the language of a man, whose... | |
 | Job Orton - Bible - 1805 - 430 pages
...And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to 13 thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LOHD, to do [either] good or bad of mine own mind ; [but] what the LORD saith, that... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...; yet he did not disapprove of the offer, and only tells the messengers, " If Balak would give tne his house full " of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the " Lord- my God." But to shew his wicked inclination to the promised reward, he fawningly intreats the messengers to... | |
 | Bible - 1808 - 524 pages
...12 glory. Whereupon Balaam said to Balak, Did I not tell thy mes13 'sengers whom thou sentest to me, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot transgress the word of the Lord, to do either good or evil, of my own mere will. Whatever 14 God may... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...of the prophet's mind, and the irresistible character of the prophectic impulse : — ' ' If Halak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I...the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." Noah was a prophet; and, as a prophet, speaking by inspirvtion, under the power and by the constraint... | |
 | John Jortin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1809 - 268 pages
...require. Balaam answered the messengers, " 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 less or more." The answer was wise and religious, and thus far the man appears to advantage. But he was staggered... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...Balak, Spake I n< t also to Uiy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, lo If Balak would rive before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me n commandment of the LORD, to do fit her good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the LoRnsaith, that... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1809 - 468 pages
...proof againft the lure of riches. If Balak, faid he, would give me bis boufe full of Jilver and gold, 1 cannot go beyond the word of the Lord, my God, to do lefs or more. God however permitting him, he at length accompanied this honourable embafly to the court... | |
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If Balak would give me 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 will I speak... 
