 our infirmities, God . has declared to us, and verified it to us by an oath, that he " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live/' Such a declaration is calculated alike to prevent our presumption...  Churchman's Magazine - Page 881822Full view - About this book
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...not extreme to mark what is * John vi. C8. c 2 done done amiss ; that he \villeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his' wickedness, and save his soul alive. In pity therefore to mankind, he was pleased to provide a remedy for their dreadful... | |
 | François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (abp. of Cambrai.) - 1809 - 314 pages
...those who are saved, as is thy justice in those who perish. " God hateth nothing that he hath made; he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." Were God, therefore, now to enter into judgment with the world, the condemned sinner could not complain... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1809 - 322 pages
...those who are saved, as is thy justice in those who perish. " God hateth nothing that he hath made; he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." Were God, therefore, now to enter into judgment with the world, the condemned sin>. ner could not complain... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...12, 13. of such high and everlasting importance, a most confirming declaration is added, that " God " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather " that he should turn from his wickedness, and " live." This is a quotation from the word of God by his prophet Ezekiel. * Mercy is the darling attribute of... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 544 pages
...his earnest desire that we should live in the enjoyment of himself—" He willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live"—'It is moreover his authoritative command that we should love and serve him—It is hi* command... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1817 - 414 pages
...throes of resentment, he could yet say with the Divine Spirit, " I have no pleasure in the death of a sinner; but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live!" The Marchioness marked his unuttered emotion, and with self-blame at the amplitude of her communications,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1819 - 954 pages
...Christianity, by which we are daily taught to love each other as brethren, and to desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live. “Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray, that your honourable House will take the premises into... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...that blessed Book of eternal life, which proclaims the mercy of him who " willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." and buried in the principal churchyard. Chinese Superstition. (From the same.) ON the 13th of May,... | |
 | 1830 - 890 pages
...merits of our Redeemer, our imperfect obedience may be accepted by Him who willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live for ever in his presence, where is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand there are pleasures for... | |
 | Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 466 pages
...place : Nothing can be plainer than that our gracious Heavenly Father, in not desiring the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, doth nevertheless entirely choose that his people should be conducted to heaven in fiis way, and not... | |
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