| James Sherman - God - 1826 - 188 pages
...precious Saviour? And if this has not taken place, how much preferable is your religion to Balaam's? " I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." Few had more exalted conceptions of the Messiah than he, and yet all his religious knowledge amounted... | |
| Elijah Parish - Congregational churches - 1826 - 468 pages
...mentioned the prophecy of Balaam, which would lead ' Israel and the world to expect a human deliverer." I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." A longseries of ages intervenes, of fifteen hundred years." " A star shall come out of Jacob, and a... | |
| George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 17 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 ahall rise out of Israel, and shall * smite the... | |
| Frederick Nolan - 1826 - 428 pages
...Nor could it admit of any doubt, who the Personage was to whom the prophet alluded, in declaring, I shall see Him, but not now, I shall behold him, but not near: A star shall proceed out of Jacob, - A sceptre shall rise out of Israel. • That it could be... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. NUM. xxiv. 17 : 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 smite the... | |
| John Marsh - Church history - 1827 - 498 pages
...diviner or magician of great renown ; a wicked man, whom God employed for the benefit of his people. " 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 arise out of Israel, and shall smite the... | |
| Daniel Isaac Eaton - 1827 - 222 pages
...Most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 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," &c. In this unintelligible... | |
| Anne Cox Woodrooffe - English fiction - 1827 - 732 pages
...a moment like this that our sainted friend exclaimed, " O, what an awful declaration is this ! ' .1 shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh.' O heavenly Father, I thank thee, this is not my case. Oh, Sophia, you who have seen me in all my weakness,... | |
| John Keble - Christian poetry, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...Most High; which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 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 arise out of Israel, and shall smite the... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1828 - 350 pages
...she would apply to herself those expressive words of Balaam, when speaking of him that should come, I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but...however, most awful to those present, and never to be forgotten by them. " The last hours of the Comtesse de Barfleur were calm, and her expressions full... | |
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