...say, with Moses, " Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, &c. I am not eloquent, but slow of speech. O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send"." Or, as Isaiah, " Wo is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips1," &c. Or as Paul, "...

...are overruled, he fairly owns his utter dislike of the task, and beseeches God to appoint another. О my Lord, send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. (Exod. iv. 13.)" This reluctance is unaccountable on the supposition that Moses was a discontented...

...arc overruled, he fairly owns his utter dislike of the task, and beseeches God to appoint another. O my Lord, send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou unit send. (Exod. iv. 13.)" This reluctance is unaccountable on the supposition that Moses was a discontented...

...appears to be sick, and the whole heart faint; we have a powerful inducement within ourselves to say with Moses, O my Lord, send I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. A second discouragement to the ministers of the gospel arises from without, and is well stated in our...

...will be "with thy mouth, ^JJatt.^. j»and teach thee what thou shalt say. Lukcxit'ii." 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou § wilt send. iOr, 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against •* Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite...

...Now therefore, go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee wiiat thou shalt suy. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, $-c i Job xxvii. », 6. God forbid that I should...

...fine excuses, which are not accepted of, he in a modest way positively refuses to go. " And he said, O Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send," Exod. iv. 13. Nor does he yield, till the anger of the Lord in kindled against him. So hazardous and...

...and instantaneous compliance, without a reasoa and without a plea, meets with a direct refusal ; " O my Lord, send I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send." And now what heart doee not tremble for fear, that the fire which had spared the bush, should wax hot,...

...it, &c. — Gen. xxii. l.&c. The Lord said to Moses, Go, I will be with thy mouth, &c. and he said, O my Lord, send I pray thee by the hand" of him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses.— Exod. iv. 11 — 14. Jer. i. 6, 7. Bring me...

...voice; for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee."—" O my Lord, I am not eloquent."—O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send."—Why this backwardness? Was he doubtful who gave him the commission? Or, was he generally unwilling...