...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...

...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...

...desire and prayer;to God on your behalf;- ;!3S.umbers xi. 2.9;::"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." Such is the wishjw=hich the Spirit of God inspired Mosheh RabbeinU'With, and...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...