Numb. 22. 18.
Ibid c. 24. 4, 16.
Vid. Caten. Aur. Tho. Aquin. p. 10.
3. He was no false Prophet, that is, he had, nor used any Divinations, but what he had from God, is most clear from these particulars. 1. When Balak first sent messengers unto him, his responsion was: If Balak would give me his house full of Silver and Gold I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. “Whereby it is apparent that he feared the Lord Jehovah, and calls him his God, thereby shewing the confidence that he had in him, and that he acknowledged him for his only God. 2. In the whole transaction of the business betwixt him and Balak, he never took upon him to declare any thing, but what the Lord would say unto him, neither did he at all vary from the same in the least tittle.” 3. He confesseth all along, that he had his eyes opened, and that he heard the words of God, and had seen the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open. And these were things that were not peculiar to any, but such as were the true Prophets of the Lord Jehovah. 4. The truth of his Prophecie, which was of the Kingdom of Christ, and the Glory and Dominion of it, with the prosperity of his people, doth plainly evince that he was a true Prophet of the Lord, and that his Divinations came from the Almighty. And this caused S. Hierome, and some other of the Fathers believe, that by this Prophecie of Balaam, the Magi or Wise men were directed, to come to Hierusalem to seek and worship Christ the Saviour of the World.
Reas. 4.
2 Pet. 2. 15, 16.
Jude 11.
Revel. 2. 14.
Jonah 1. 3. & 4. 1.
1 Kings 13.