 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 404 pages
...laws before his face, how can we entertain the smallest hopes of escaping from the latter? — " He is not a God that " hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall " evil dwell with him. The foolish shall not " stand in his sight ; he hateth all the workers "of iniquity." As this... | |
 | 1828
...unfit an object for the love of God which he presumes on and expects, as it is possible to conceive. " Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." It seems from these words as if sin was something so horrid, so offensive to the eye of God, that he... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...thou hast ordained them for judgement ; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity : vOL. I. *f 6 The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. For the earth... | |
 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 pages
...represented, or that the Almighty will not finally punish it. But this is an awful deception. ' He is not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with him.' It is a fact — an incontestable fact, ' that God is angry with the wicked ever}' day — that... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...patient expectation of a gracious answer ; 4 and this he could do because his heart was sincere. For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee ; not meet with the least acceptance from thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1805 - 192 pages
...or is performed in an unholy, irreverent manner. Thus the prophet says, addressing himself to God, " Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity ;" that is, thou canst not behold it, without the utmost detestation, and therefore " if we regard... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...mighty God, thou 'hast established them for 13 correction, eve n tohile thou make«! them ftrosfier. [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity : wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] boldest thy tongue, seemest to comive... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity. Ps. v. 4. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with thee. Vtir. 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight, thou hatest all the workers of iniquity. Lam. iii.... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...afar off from God ; but saints are brought nigh. Deeply impressed with this subject, David said, " Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee." Evil can no more abide in the presence of God* than darkness can abide in the presence of the sun;... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...justly, for our punishment ; and set them on work for our correction, not for our destruction. I. 1 3 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity : wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, an'l hoidrst thy tongue when the wicked... | |
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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 
