| Henry Stebbing - 1742 - 84 pages
...admonijhed to take Notice of them at their Perils ; which is the Meaning of what St. PWfays, 4£}s xvii. 30. And the "Times of this Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all Men every where to repent. God is faid to have •winked at thofe Times of Ignorance, not becaufe he at any Time approved, or... | |
| John Tillotson - 1748 - 412 pages
...arguments to a good life. So St. Paul tells the Athenians, the moft knowing among the Heathen : The times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : becaufe he hath appointed a day in the •which he will judge the world in righteoufnefs, by that... | |
| John Hutchinson - 1749 - 334 pages
...Time paft, fuffered all Nations to walk in their own Ways, fo i Thef. i. 9, 10. and Atts xvii. 30. And the Times of this Ignorance, God winked At, but now commandeth all Men every •where to repent, becaufe, &c. Chrift was to convince Men, that the King and Kingdom of the Aleim, the Names fo often... | |
| John Abernethy - 1751 - 452 pages
...appeareth in a quite different light ; and the apoftle had reafon to fay, as he doth Affs xvii. 30. The times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. And not only is this a confideration which ftrongly urgeth us to repentance and the reforming our lives... | |
| Edmund Law - 1755 - 512 pages
...contained in the Law -, thefe, having not thfLato, are A Law unto tbetnfehes. Rom. 2.14. ACTS XVIf. 3 o. And the Times of this Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. THESE words contain a Declaration of God's moft gracious purpofe to reform Mankind by the coming of... | |
| Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) - 1772 - 420 pages
...which he thus declares his Senfe with regard to the Times before the Gofpel, and the Times lince ; And the Times of this Ignorance God •winked at,...now commandeth all Men every-- •where to repent. Where the Command to repent being oppofed to God's winking at the Times of Ignorance, plainly {hews,... | |
| Edmund Law - 1774 - 528 pages
...UNIVERSALITY IN Natural and Revealed RELIGION, No juft Obje&ion againft cither. ACTS xvii. 30. And the fimes of this Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. THESE words contain a declaration of God's moft gracious purpofe to reform mankind by the coming of... | |
| Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1777 - 360 pages
...not to think that the Godhead is like unto Gold or Silver or Stone, graven by Art and Man's Device. And the Times of this Ignorance God winked at: but now commandeth all Men every where to repent'. Where then is, or can be, the Allowance of that Image Worfhip in the Bible, for which Multitudes of... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 602 pages
...chriftianity had no myfterious doctrines to teach. Hear what Paul fays in the Areopagus at Athens. The times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Becaufe he hath Appointed a day In the which he 'will judge the world in right eoufnefs , by that man... | |
| Richard Watson - 1791 - 542 pages
...to think that the godhead is like unto gold, " or lilver, or ftone, graven by art, and man's device. And the " times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth " all men every where to repent : becaufe he hath appointed a day " in which he will judge the world in righteoufnefs, by that man... | |
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