 | Church history - 1839 - 868 pages
...endowed ; and when it was proposed to restrain them, Mose» said, " 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." Num. xi. 24-29. The bestowal of this gift on the seventy, showed that it was... | |
 | Oxford (Ohio) - 1839 - 438 pages
...with Moses and Whitefield, (who frequently used these words,) do I feel inclined to say, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! " When in better times the Lord gave the word, " great was the company of those... | |
 | John Anderson (methodist.) - 1840 - 52 pages
...God, when informed that the young men prophesied in the camp : " Enviest thou for me, would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." " And it shall come to-pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of... | |
 | John Gibson MacVicar - 1840 - 396 pages
...what was the answer of the great prophet ? " Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake. I would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." An answer in which we cannot fail to observe a resemblance to that which our... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...and said, My lord Moses, forbid then. 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 ! Never let me desire any other state or condition of life than that appointed... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 212 pages
...this Moses doth excellently witness of himself in that holy rapture of his, Numb. xi. 29, "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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1841 - 572 pages
...1). But "wAo shall give"* ? this is an optative form of expression, denoting a wish, as would God, that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! or that all might be endued with the spirit of the Lord : for the greater the... | |
 | Thomas Finch (of Harlow.) - 1841 - 212 pages
...forbid them." But Moses said unto him, " enviest thou for my sake ? • Mark ix. 38,42 Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them."* St. Paul likewise evinced the same spirit, in reference to certain factions... | |
 | William Latta McCalla - Texas - 1841 - 202 pages
...that upright and downright course for which his superior is denied this title. Moses said, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Did Moses think that the multiplication of prophets depreciated the title, when... | |
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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! 
