 | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) - 1712 - 480 pages
...Trophanenefs. It was an Obfjrvation long fince made by the wife King Sohmon, That lecaufe Sentence againft an Evil Work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the Hearts of the Sons ef Men are fully fet in them to do Evil. And from a due Senfe of the Truth of this Maxim, all... | |
 | Church and state - 1739 - 472 pages
...laws don't enforce an immediate execution of them. As the lacred writer obferves, Becaufe the fenfence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the hearts of the children of men are fully fet in them to do evil. But tho' purs, and all human laws are defective,... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 430 pages
...the fins of men fo flowly, and are long before they overtake the finner ; Becaufe fentence ogainft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the...the fons of men are fully fet in them to do evil. The fcope of the wife man's difcourfe is this; that, by reafon of God's forbearance and long fuffering... | |
 | Richard Bundy - 1750 - 416 pages
...Infinite too. The Obfervatiou of the wife Man is indeed as true as old, that becaufe Sentence again/I an evil Work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the Hearts of the Sons of Men are fully Jet in them to do evil: But then the Declaration of Ifaiah % concerning the End... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 488 pages
...of GOD, finners argue themfelves into this confidence and prefumption. For when the wife man faith, that " becaufe fentence againft an " evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore th.3 " heart •* heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do s ER M. ** evil," he does not... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1769 - 332 pages
...fubjoining a few practical cautions in relation to each, as I go along. — To begin with Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fentence againft...wicked, — becaufe God is merciful and gives them fpace to repent ; — there is no natural effeft, — nor does the wife man intend to inlinuate that... | |
 | 1772 - 364 pages
...Eaft end of the town, and took his text from the 8th chapter of Ecclefiaftes at the 1 1 th verfe, " Becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily .therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them tb'do evil." His fermon was nyich the fame as he preached... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 232 pages
...along. — SERMON XVill. 97 To begin with Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fcntence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore...the fons of men are fully fet in them to •do evil. — Jt feems fomewhat hard to underftand the confequence, why men fliould grow more defperately wicked,... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1781 - 454 pages
...attending them. Such is the depravity of mankind, that we find the faying of the Preacher generally true : Becaufe fentence againft an evil 'work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the heart of the fans of men is fully jet in them to do evil. Eccl. viii. 1 1 . Impunity begets fecurity... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...place of the Holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had fo done. This is alfo vanity. 11 Becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil. 12 fl Though a finner do evil an hundred... | |
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Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the hearts of the fons of men are fully fet in them to do evil. 
