...and this Spirit he sensibly knew to be a Person; for thus he saith of himself, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. As Moses brings in these three Persons into his history of the first creation, so docs the evangelical...

...the Son of God or his word, John i, 3 ; and so docs St. Paul, Col. i. 16. Thus we read afterwards, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii, 2 ; where we have Jehovah, the Spirit of Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah, plainly and...

...unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days fcpoken unto us by his Son. Heb. 1. 1, 2. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tonçue....

...first thing that strikes us is the formality and solemnity of the oftrepeating introduction : — " David, the Son of Jesse, said, And the man who was...raised up on high ; The anointed of the God of Jacob, The sweet Psalmist of Israel, said : " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, And His word was in my tongue....

...unrighteousness," and perished among the enemies of God, might nevertheless have said with David, " The Spi" rit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my ton" gue." ' Judas, as well as the other apostles, was doubtless endued with the power of casting out...

...witness against me before the Lord, and his anointed (or his Messiah), the king." 2 Samuel xxiii. 1, " David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the Messiah of the God of Jacob," &c. Ch. xxii. 51, ^ He is the tower of salvation for bis King, and sheweth...

...unrighteousness," and perished among the enemies of God, might nevertheless have said with David, " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and " his word was in my tongue."1 Judas, as well as the other apostles, was doubtless endued with the power of casting out...

...exulting, triumphant, nay, extatic, and rapturous devotional language, used by him who could say, " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word " was in my tongue ;" and to condemn that of the apostles themselves.2 ' Mystic spiritualism,' I suppose, may be found...

...of the Lord, says — "They go from PI. ixxxi*. r. strength to strength, and unto the God of Gods " The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel xxiii. 2. 117 p».ixxxiv. ii. appeareth every one of them in Zion." — "For the Lord God...

...said, the man that was confirmed concerning the Messiah of the God of Jacob, sweet in the Psalms of of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word sounded on my tongue. The God of Israel said, the the Rock of Israel ^pake to me: he that is a just...