| Robert Barclay - 1780 - 614 pàgines
...all Jhould come to repentance. And this is correfpondent to that of the prophet Ezekiel, xxxiii. u. As I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. If it be fafe to % believe God, and truft in him, we muft... | |
| Stephen Johnson - 1786 - 434 pàgines
...implication to extirpate all hope of efcape or reftitution to them that die in their fins, " Say unto them, as I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked, but that he turn from his wicked way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways : for why will you... | |
| John Clayton - 1789 - 134 pàgines
...general view; and, my fellow-finners, young, middleaged, and old, hear then the word of the Lord. Thus faith the Lord—" I have no pleafure in the death of the v/icked:" that is, not willingly does he afflict the children of men with temporal death, nor does... | |
| James Burgh - 1792 - 410 pàgines
...warmth. " Hear, O heavens ! Give ear, O earth ! To thce, O man, I call ; my voice is to the fons of men. As I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked ; but rather that he turn from his wjckedncfs, and live. Turn ye, turn ye. Why win ye die? O Jerufalem, Jernfalem... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1795 - 518 pàgines
...power ; but we have not only his word, but his oath concerning his willingnefs; Ezek. xxxiii. n. " As I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked." Yea, I may fay, God hath manifefted his will to heflp and fave people, when his power hath not concurred... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1798 - 492 pàgines
...confirmation of our faith and our confolation rte. xxxiii. therein) he in the Evangelical Prophet fwears it, As I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. So far toward our falvation is done, God meets us half... | |
| Hannah More - 1799 - 358 pàgines
...and executed — " that whofoever believed in him mould " notperifh,but have everlafting life." — "As "I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure "in the death of the wicked." — "He would " have all men to be faved and to come to the " knowledge of the troth." — "He would... | |
| Thomas Halyburton - 1801 - 382 pàgines
...whole charge, [ am fure, you have nothing to lay. Malice he purges himfelf of, E2ek. xxxiii. it. " AJ I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live." Could it beany pleafure to ruin the work of his own hands... | |
| 1808 - 500 pàgines
...to be expreffed. — " When once, — how long wilt thou refufe to forfake thy unrightcoufnefs — as I live, faith the Lord, I have no pleafure in the death of a firmer, but that he fhouid repent and live — wherefore turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways, for... | |
| Joseph Benson - 1802 - 382 pàgines
...and ftand approved before the Son of Man. Oh hear the voice, the fweet and melting voice of mercy ! " As I live (faith the Lord) I have no pleafure in the death of him that dieth ; therefore, turn and live ye. Ceafe to do evil, learn to do well ; wafh ye, make you... | |
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