| Samuel Shuckford - 1743 - 552 Seiten
...very great Honours, if they could ferve political Views and Defigns ; but if they really would not go beyond the Commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of their own Mind; but what th? Lard faid that they would fpeak (f); then they were neglected, and Anti-prophets,... | |
| Martin Madan - 1781 - 422 Seiten
...both of church and ftate — " If Balak would '•' give me his houfe full of filver and gold, " / cannot go beyond the commandment of the '* LORD, to do either good or bad of my own *' mind; but what the LORD faith, that will *•' / fpeak." Compare Numb. xxii. 5, 6. with xxiv.... | |
| 1788 - 598 Seiten
...mefll-ngers which thou fenteft unto me, faying, 13 If Balak would give me his hcufe full of filver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do cither good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the Lord faith, that will I fpeak ? 14 And now, behold,... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1799 - 338 Seiten
...to do so ; but it is never a man's real interest to do evil. ' If Balak,' said the prophet Balaam, ' would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord,' Numb. xxiv. 13. " Now and then, even at this remote period of time, I find among my papers some of... | |
| William Gilpin - 1799 - 494 Seiten
...language ; Spake I not unto, thy mejj rengers, faying , Jf Balak would give me his houfefullofjilver, and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do. either good or bad. And when the king, overcome with his perverfenefs, difinilfed him at length with threatenings, he retired... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 Seiten
...I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come therefore I pray thee, curse me this people. Balak, 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. Now therefore I pray you, tarry ye also here this night,... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1804 - 442 Seiten
...this point of view, he sacrificed empty honor to solid glory, and exclaimed in this heroical style; 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. Moreover, before Balak, in the presence of all his courtiers,... | |
| Job Orton - 1805 - 430 Seiten
...making an excellent reply, if he had but kept to it, answered and said unto the servants of Balak, 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 19 more, that is, any thing at all. Now therefore, I pray you,... | |
| Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 Seiten
...; 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... | |
| Samuel Shuckford - 1808 - 582 Seiten
...very great honours, if they could serve political views and designs ; but if they rtalljf tcould not go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of their own mind,- but &hat (he Lotd saidj that they would speak,-* then they • Numb. rxii. 3, 4, 5.... | |
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