...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...

...them to repent, and thoroughly to reform their lives, assuring them that He desire! h not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." POETRY. THE WEEPING WILLOW. SALIX BABYLONICA. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we gat down, yen, w«...

...graciously, and told" him " That the holy see, after the example of God, who desireth notthe death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, had no other view in keeping him in prison so many years, than to give him leisure to examine himself;...

...sad anticipation and fear. I must, I will hope. Oh! forgive me Lord, thou wiliest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, and " * all things are possible unto thee." LECTURE XI. THE EFFECTS OF THE MIRACLE. Then many of the...

...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...

...him away; and, in prayer, he pleaded this declaration, —that, " the Lord desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness, and live." ' The thought and the prayer,' he observed, ' comforted him : for if the Lord did not desire the death...

...been the witness. O LORD, save us from that wrath which we have merited. Thou wiliest not the death of a sinner ; but, rather, that he should turn from his wickedness and live. Fulfil towards each of us those gracious promises which Thou hast made in JESUS CHRIST : and enable...

...nay more, the strong desire to forgive ; for his own Word declares that " He willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." Who can describe the unspeakable comfort which is imparted to the penitent sinner's heart, by the reflection...

...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...

...Itaque parricides cum leg* caeperunt et illis facinus psena demonstravit." *• desires not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." The law is abolished. There are many other instances of similar decomposition of erroneous laws, criminal...