In the time of Moses, there were seventy men besides himself, that Prophecyed in the Campe of the Israelites.  In what manner God spake to them, is declared in the 11 of Numbers, verse 25.  “The Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto Moses, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and gave it to the seventy Elders.  And it came to passe, when the Spirit rested upon them, they Prophecyed, and did not cease, By which it is manifest, first, that their Prophecying to the people, was subservient, and subordinate to the Prophecying of Moses; for that God took of the Spirit of Moses, to put upon them; so that they Prophecyed as Moses would have them:  otherwise they had not been suffered to Prophecy at all.  For there was (verse 27.) a complaint made against them to Moses; and Joshua would have Moses to have forbidden them; which he did not, but said to Joshua, Bee not jealous in my behalf.  Secondly, that the Spirit of God in that place, signifieth nothing but the Mind and Disposition to obey, and assist Moses in the administration of the Government.  For if it were meant they had the substantial Spirit of God ; that is, the Divine nature, inspired into them, then they had it in no lesse manner than Christ himself, in whom onely the Spirit of God dwelt bodily.  It is meant therefore of the Gift and Grace of God, that guided them to co-operate with Moses; from whom their Spirit was derived.  And it appeareth (verse 16.) that, they were such as Moses himself should appoint for Elders and Officers of the People:  For the words are, “Gather unto me seventy men, whom thou knowest to be Elders and Officers of the people:”  where, “thou knowest,” is the same with “thou appointest,” or “hast appointed to be such.”  For we are told before (Exod. 18.) that Moses following the counsell of Jethro his Father-in-law, did appoint Judges, and Officers over the people, such as feared God; and of these, were those Seventy, whom God by putting upon them Moses spirit, inclined to aid Moses in the Administration of the Kingdome:  and in this sense the Spirit of God is said (1 Sam. 16. 13, 14.) presently upon the anointing of David, to have come upon David, and left Saul; God giving his graces to him he chose to govern his people, and taking them away from him, he rejected.  So that by the Spirit is meant Inclination to Gods service; and not any supernaturall Revelation.

God Sometimes Also Spake By Lots God spake also many times by the event of Lots; which were ordered by such as he had put in Authority over his people.  So wee read that God manifested by the Lots which Saul caused to be drawn (1 Sam. 14. 43.) the fault that Jonathan had committed, in eating a honey-comb, contrary to the oath taken by the people.  And (Josh. 18. 10.) God divided the land of Canaan amongst the Israelite, by the “lots that Joshua did cast before the Lord in Shiloh.”  In the same manner it seemeth to be, that God discovered (Joshua 7.16., &c.) the crime of Achan.  And these are the wayes whereby God declared his Will in the Old Testament.