 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...to be clear in this matter'. 2 Pet. iii. 9, The Lord is not slack concerning his. promise, as some men count slackness'; but is long-suffering to usward', not willing that any should perish', but that all should come to repentance'. XIII. OUE DUTY TO GOD. 1. To obey God—Deut. v.... | |
 | Arthur Philip Perceval - 1839 - 380 pages
...from his way and live*." " The Lord," saith St. Peter, " is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance"." As in the parable of the fig-tree, when the owner... | |
 | Jemima Shedd - 1839 - 244 pages
...from evil ways would not prevent that death. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance* — 2 Peter 3:9. The meaning of this text appears to... | |
 | George Windus Woodhouse - 1839 - 334 pages
...second Epistle of St. Peter, 1 " The Lord is not slack con1 3 chap. 9 v. cerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." One reason, then, why the Lord's promise is not yet... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...confounded, world without end. Also in 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any of us should perish, but that all should come to Vol. IV.— No. IV. 2 A repentance. This passage is... | |
 | George Eduard Biber - 1840 - 540 pages
...with the character of " a light shining in the darkness of this world,"* and as he continues to be " long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should...perish, but that all should come to repentance,"* so likewise the authority of the church in the world is at present limited to the influence which she... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1840 - 638 pages
...toillelh not the perishing of any, 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, . but that all should come to repentance. And this is correspondent to that of the prophet... | |
 | Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 pages
...destroyed, and that without remedy ; "* and " the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance : but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the... | |
 | Lucius Robinson Paige - 1840 - 388 pages
...thousand year?, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the... | |
 | Joshua William Brooks - 1840 - 208 pages
...tarry ;"c and has assured us, in the mean while, "that he is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."d Nevertheless, this long-suffering of the Lord, which... | |
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
