Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Enviest thou for my sake? -
Moses, the minister of God,
Rebukes our partial love,
Who envy at the gifts bestow' d
On those we disapprove.
We do not our own spirit know,
Who wish to see suppress' d
The men that Jesu' s spirit show,
The men whom God hath bless' d.
Would God that all the Lord' s people were prophets -
Shall we the Spirit' s course restrain,
Or quench the heavenly fire?
Let God his messengers ordain,
And whom he will inspire.
Blow as he list, the Spirit' s choice
Of instruments we bless;
We will, if Christ be preached, rejoice,
And wish the word success.
Can all be prophets then? are all
Commission' d from above?
No; but whome' er the Lord shall call
We joyfully approve.
O that the Church might all receive
The spirit of prophecy,
And all in Christ accepted live,
And all in Jesus die!
Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, by Charles Wesley, M. A., and Presbyter of the Church of England. Bristol, 1762. 2 vols. 12mo.
These sentiments are the more particularly remarkable as they come from one who was sufficiently bigoted to what was called ecclesiastical orders and regularity.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Numbers 11:29:
Mark 9:40
Mark 9:40
James 4:5
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