| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1837 - 388 pages
...his Creator, who emphatically declared, ' As I live,' saith the Lord God, ' / desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live;' yet men — Englishmen — calling themselves Christians, make a mockery of their professions by spilling... | |
| 1837 - 568 pages
...required from that we have been describing. The Law, like the Gospel, ought not to ' desire the death of a sinner, but rather ' that he should turn from his wickedness and live.' This, however, must not be understood entirely in a religious sense ; for the reformation which is... | |
| Robert Sandeman - 1838 - 534 pages
...resolutions to this purpose. And most certainly, when he tells, that he hathno pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his 'wickedness, and live ; that he would have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth ; that he would... | |
| Short family prayers - 1838 - 160 pages
...PRAYER FOR PARDON. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, we beseech thee to grant us true repentance, and thy Holy Spirit ; that those things may please thee... | |
| Edward Thompson - 1838 - 532 pages
...reconciled to us all ; who still is anxious that we should return, — who willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live. But, although we have no strength of our own, — although we are insufficient of ourselves, still... | |
| Alexander Robert C. Dallas - 1838 - 360 pages
...other of your fellow creatures. VIII. THE PRAYER. [I] Thou merciful God, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; I give thee humble thanks, that thou hast been pleased to call me to the knowledge of thy grace,... | |
| Christian Gottlob Barth - 1838 - 200 pages
...marked as a remembrance of my deliverance from captivity. The text, " The Lord willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live," reminded me how much I wished to die in Belgrade, when the city was conquered, and how graciously God... | |
| Edward Cooper - 1838 - 306 pages
...many proofs of the paternal love and of the tender solicitude of Him, who " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." To deny the doctrine of original corruption is not only to reject the testimony of the Almighty, to... | |
| Christopher Benson - 1839 - 164 pages
...whom we are sent, of the blessedness and joy of knowing, (first,) that God desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live; and, (secondly,) that in token of this desire, he hath given power and commandment to his ministers, to... | |
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