 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1836 - 480 pages
...— The third verse of the twelfth chapter of the book of Numbers — ("Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth ) — bears sufficient proof that Moses could not be the author of it , and that no man, however great... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification (Christian theology) - 1837 - 730 pages
...and, though a champion for the living God, he yielded to unbelieving fear*. "Tlic man Mases was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth," Numb. xii. 3 ; yet he, even he was provoked in his spirit, and spake unadvisedly with his lips, Psal.... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 424 pages
...him such meekness, and dictated its record to him as a lesson for rulers. " The man Moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth " (Num. xii. 3). And if his Governor had not endowed him so largely with this virtue, Moses, bold and... | |
 | Temper - 1837 - 370 pages
...hence, he is renowned as "the meekest man." The scripture testimony is,—" Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth." 1 "Meekness repairs the mischiefs done by anger; and instead of the bloody spear, sends the olive branch... | |
 | Francis Goode - Sermons - 1838 - 500 pages
...attainment. What, of genuine Christianity, is easy, to man ? Even Moses, eminent as he was for meekness, " above all the men which were upon the face of the earth," was provoked to " speak unadvisedly, with his lips." But, if you have any reality of godliness, certainly... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1839 - 1018 pages
...having died before the forty years were accomplished. Numbers xii. 3 : " Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth," could hardly ha\x' been written by Moses himself. * Du Pin's E. II.. Preliminary Dissertation. Numbers... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1839 - 288 pages
...it, was the meekness for wTiich Moses was so remarkable. The Scriptures tell us, thai he " was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth." It was a qualification essential to his success, and he was largely endowed with it. A spirit easily... | |
 | John Donne - Sermons - 1839 - 604 pages
...AT LINCOLN'S INN. MATTHEW xviii. 7. Wo unto the world, because of offencea. THE man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth*. The man Moses was so; but the child Jesus was meeker than he. Compare Moses with men, and Moses will... | |
 | John Clarke - Bible - 1839 - 462 pages
...suppose that he wrote the 12th Chapter ot Numbers, wherein it is said " now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth," without considering him as an ostentatious braggart, which is the very reverse of meekness. In short,... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 622 pages
...PREACHED AT LINCOLN'S MATTHEW xviii. 7. , Wo unto the world, because of offences. THE man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earthi. The man Moses was so; but the child Jesus was meeker than he. Compare Moses with men, and Moses... | |
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Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth... 
