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The country of Moab abounded with flocks, particularly with sheep; * it abounded also with oil; and Balak supposed that the divine favor might be obtained by sacrifices of this kind by a profusion of them thousands of ram, and ten thousands of rivers of oil. He knew himself a sinner he knew that he had taken part against the God of Israel; had served other gods, who were his rivals.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Balaam now did not wish to return to Balak at all, to disappoint him a second time, but God compelled him to return to Balak and communicate to him the blessings of Israel. Balaam now turned back to Balak, whom he found standing by his burnt offering. But whereas on the first occasion the king had awaited Balaam, surrounded by all his princes, Balaam now saw only a few notables surrounding Balak.
The little white fort, too, began to assume its winter manners; the storm-flag was hoisted; there were evening fires upon the broad hearth-stones; the chaplain, having finished everything about Balak, his seven altars and seven rams, was ready for chess-problems; books and papers were ordered; stores laid in, and anxious inquiries made as to the 'habits' of the new mail carrier for the mail carrier was the hero of the winter, and if his 'habits' led him to whiskey, there was danger that our precious letters might be dropped all along the northern curve of Lake Huron.
Brutus inserted a cruel, heartless laugh, and then added: "There she is to remain until he is quite ready to take her to new apartments in town. Trust the master to dispose of her properly. He knows how to handle women by this time." A woman, thought Truxton. The Countess! They had brought her here from Balak, after all.
Balaam tells him that he had been better instructed; though we know not where, or how. He hath shewed thee, what is good; and he appeals to Balak whether this was not the case What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, &c. To do justly There is no true religion where justice is not received as a foundation principle.
This, indeed, is a natural law. Natural affection might have taught it; but it was rested by the Law on a higher sanction. It is remarkable, too, when Micah would tell the Jews that the legal sacrifices appointed in time past were inferior to the moral duties, he states it not as a new truth, but refers to its announcement by a prophet in Moses' age, to the answer of Balaam to Balak, king of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
In the morning Balaam got out of bed and told Balak's messengers to return and say that the Lord would not let him come; and they at once set out for the capital. Balak, however, was not to be so easily put off. He seems to have regarded the prophet's talk about the Lord's prohibition as "all my eye."
From Arusburg vpon the riuer of Ossella, the 20. of February, 1581. Yours wholly at commandement, Iohn Balak
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