Numbers 24

Ans. Providence is full of mysteries, let the way be shame, the crown is glory, and the present condition be hell, the end is heaven; Providence is a hand-writing of mercy, though we cannot ever read it, more than Belshazzar could read his bill of justice; we see a woman with ch…

(Jeremiah 31:12) Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock, and of the herd, and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not…

5. Mortify therefore your members, that are on earth, fornication, uncleanness, etc. Beza, Piscator, and others think it probable that Christ uttered this prayer to his Father, in the Syriac tongue, because the Evangelist uses the word [illegible], to be lifted up from the earth…

Merely the Way of Persons receiving these imaginary Ideas, does not alter the Nature of the Ideas themselves that are received: Let them be received in what Way they will, they are still but external Ideas, or Ideas of outward Appearances, and so are not spiritual. Yea, if Men s…

By reason of the same wonderful conjunction, Christ is represented by a great variety of sensible things that are on some account excellent. Thus in some places he is called a Sun (Malachi 4:2); in others a Star (Numbers 24:17). And he is especially represented by the morning st…

Here are three prophecies given at this time that I would take notice of. The first is that of Balaam, Numbers 24:17, 18, 19. "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall…

Cant. 6:4 it is said of the Church, She is terrible as an army with banners; A Church of God that walks close to the rule, is terrible to guilty consciences. Let us walk so, as when the Balaams of the world look upon us, they may see our comely order, so as to be forced to say,…

Hence, as far as their own Personal concernments, as Saints, and Believers did lie in them, they are said [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉], to make a diligent inquiry into and investigation of the things, which [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉], the Spirit of Christ, that spake in themselv…

They were now to deal with the God of Israel, who would not be moved with such deceits and blandishments; therefore they will have a plot to disengage him from his people. It is insinuated (Numbers 24:14), Come now, and I will advise you what you shall do. Moses does not express…

Balaam makes a clear and rare prophecy of Christ, and yet has he no benefit by Christ, There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel. But yet Balaam shall have no benefit by it, I shall see him but not now, I shall behold him but not nigh (Numbers…

If it be so that all these devices against the truth serve not his turn, in the fourth place he sets himself against the truth — he cares not for argument, but he will stand against the truth, and then God in his just judgment leaves him (2 Thessalonians 2:18): he gave them up t…

John must [reconstructed: lose his head] rather than Herod will part with his harlot. When [reconstructed: Balaam] cannot get leave of God to do what he desired, he goes without leave (Numbers 24:1) — he [reconstructed: set his face toward the wilderness], as if he would prevent…