 | Joseph Priestley - 1794 - 450 pages
...narrative only, we cannot help forming of Mofes. That encomium. upon him, Num. xii. 3. Now the man Mofes was -very meek above all the men that 'were on the face of the earth, was evidently the remark of fome other perfon, afterwards Divine Revelation. 143 wards inferted in... | |
 | Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff.) - 1796 - 170 pages
...author of the book of Numbers, — becaufe he fays of himfelf — " that Mofes was a very meek man, above all the men that were on the face of the earth." If he faid this of himfelf, he was, you fay, " a vain and arrogant coxcomb (fuch is yourphrafe!) ami... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 438 pages
...sinners. them ; and in about the same space of time, after they had rejected him, they were destroyed. 35. Moses was very meek above all the men that were on the face of the earth : so was Christ. v 36. The people could not enter into the land of promise till Moses was dead : by... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 524 pages
...upon them, and in about the same space of time, after they had rejected him, they were destroyed. 35. Moses was very meek above all the men that were on the face of the earth : so was Christ. 36. The people could not enter into the land of promise till Moses was dead : by the... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1820 - 264 pages
...mercies. Moses was a man that had much private communion with God, and the meekest man, Num. xii. 3. " Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth." Joseph us writing of Moses, saith, ' that be was so free from passions,... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1820 - 498 pages
...THE BIBLE. the book of Numbers, — because, he says of himself — " that Moses was a very meek man, above all the men that were on the face of the earth." If he said this of himself, he was, you say, " a vain and arrogant coxcomb, (such is your phrase !)... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...of Good MOSES was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in word and deed. And the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were on the earth ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of,... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 514 pages
...contention between learning and meekness is seldom visible in any one person. Of Moses we thus read, Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. The consciences of those that knew him appealed to, he will be acknowledged... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...; and in about the same space of time, after they had rejected him, they were destroyed. 33. Muses was very meek, above all the men that were on the face of the earth — So was Christ. 36. The people could not enter into the land of promise until Moses was dead —... | |
 | John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...disposition so lovely in the sight of men, and so pleasing in the-sight of God. We read, (Numb. xii. 3.) " Now the man Moses was very meek above all the men that were upon the face of the earth." High encomium ! What a proof of soul prosperity ! How far do I resemble... | |
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Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. 
