Numbers 13

The soul does not sleep in the body, but returns to God that gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7). The soul immediately partakes of those joys the blessed angels do: when the body returns to dust, the soul returns to rest: when the body is sleeping, the soul is triumphing: when the body…

In the second place, it is to be observed, when God promised this unto Abraham; even then when the land of Canaan was possessed by many mighty kings: so that it may be here further doubted, how Abraham could take any comfort in this promise, seeing it was at that day held by alm…

And the Sodomites had a city, even walled (as is likely) for Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom, when the two Angels came to him, Genesis 19:1, 2. And the Canaanites had cities walled exceeding high: (Numbers 13). But we find not, that ever God's children built them cities, un…

3 The good land was a type of the heavenly rest (Hebrews 4:1), and (Hebrews 3:19) some entered not in through unbelief: why, what unbelief? The story shows us (Psalm 93:7; Numbers 14:9; Numbers 13:28) they doubted of the power of God, and believed the report of the unbelieving s…

Therefore (says he) if these things we have spoken be thus, if there [reconstructed: is] indeed truth in them, and you believe it so, what remains then, but to resolve for it upon any terms, to fit for the journey whatever be the difficulties, and in them all to keep up the soul…

These comforts are an earnest of glory; they put us in heaven before our time (Ephesians 1:13-14): You were sealed with that Holy Spirit, which is an earnest of the inheritance. The earnest is part of the sum behind; so the comforts of the Spirit are the earnest — the cluster of…

Besides this inborn hatred against Christ, the devil works to fan the coals and increase this hostility. He spreads an evil report upon religion, as those spies did concerning Canaan (Numbers 13:32): they brought up an evil report of the land. Satan says God is a hard Master and…

God gives double pay; he bestows a kingdom upon those that fear him. Satan may disparage the ways of God like those spies that raised an ill report of the good land (Numbers 13:32), but will Satan mend your wages if you serve him? He gives damnable pay; instead of a kingdom, cha…

Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see. I saw then in my dream, that when Christian was got to the borders of the Shadow of Death, there met him two men, children of them that brought up an evil report of the good l…