 | William Merry - 1839 - 112 pages
...be less so ; humbling ourselves before Him who is mighty to save and who " wouldeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." Are we unwilling to contemplate futurity because we are already happy ? Let us be grateful to God for... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1840 - 616 pages
...people, to whom we are sent, of the blessedness and joy of knowing, that GOD "desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ;" and that, in token of this desire, He " hath given power and commandment to His Ministers to declare and... | |
 | John Henry Newman, John Keble, William Palmer, Richard Hurrell Froude, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Isaac Williams - 1840 - 616 pages
...people, to whom we are sent, of the blessedness and joy of knowing, that GOD " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live;" and that, in token A 2 of this desire, He " hath given power and commandment to His Ministers to declare... | |
 | Theodore Compton - 1840 - 60 pages
...only means of entering into heaven. God has no pleasure in wickedness : he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; but to deprive him of his liberty, would be to take away his power of turning from his wickedness.... | |
 | Theodore Compton - 1840 - 58 pages
...only means of entering into heaven. God has no pleasure in wickedness : he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; but to deprive him of his liberty, would be to take away his power of turning from his •wickedness.... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 304 pages
...when, by the gracious mercy of that long-suffering and beneficent Lord, who willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live — my soul was touched of grace, and mine understanding enlightened to the sinfulness of my ways —... | |
 | John Burnett Pratt - 1840 - 312 pages
...honour." Art. 17. But this eternal purpose is for the good of all; for " God desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." " He declareth His Almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity." He " calleth us mercifully... | |
 | Charles Adolphus Row - 1887 - 452 pages
...the latter its misery and ruin. But inasmuch as it is a great truth that God wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, it follows that all God's punishments are intended to be remedial. Consequently nothing can be worse... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1889 - 554 pages
...condemned without trial ? They call to mind the word of Scripture, that God does not desire the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; they are of opinion that it would be a Christian act, and a work of fraternal charity, to bring back... | |
 | 1891 - 550 pages
...aid, and to bring us back by wholesome suffering to the way of God, who desireth not the death of the sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live. God is our refuge, then, both where reason leads us into perplexity and where conscience betrays us... | |
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Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live... 
