 | 1819 - 934 pages
...forgotten in the city where they had so done : this is also vanity. 1 1 Because sentence against an evil . 5 to do evil. 12 If Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1820 - 360 pages
...but yet it lies at the bottom of their hearts. So Solomon tells us, because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl. viii. 14. But it is not always thus. There are few of us but have seen instances... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 546 pages
...the midst thereof, . . , . 28Q SERMON XX. — ECCLESIASTES viii. 11. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil, 297 SERMON XXI.— 2 CORINTHIANS iv. 5. We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord;... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1820 - 874 pages
...and the Sinner appear ? SOLOMON, the Royal Preacher, remarks, that " because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." What we do see in the conduct of men strikingly illustrates the truth of this remark :... | |
 | Isaac Milner - 1820 - 442 pages
......................,..................,...... 120 SERMON V. Page Eccles. viii. 11. — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil 150 SERMON VI. John xx. 17. — Go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...faith of devils, they would tremble; but they have not even this, and "because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." And though a hundred of their friends are hurried into eternity before their eyes, these... | |
 | 1832 - 480 pages
...but I will not." 12. Sabbath. Preached in the chapel from the text "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully Mt in them to do evil." 22. In the evening, in our chnrch members' meeting, they have recommended twenty-two... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 460 pages
...Hence the fear of punishment is seldom a powerful restraint from sin. "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." There are cases, indeed, in which the terrors of the Lord operate with their due force.... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 pages
...long-suffering God. A viee of which the preacher of old took notice. " Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." But let such fear and tremble at what followeth, " Though a sinner doth evil an hundred... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Eccles.viii.il. Because sentence against an evil work, is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 2 Cor. i. 9, 10. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust... | |
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