 | John Tillotson - 1820 - 358 pages
...reason, 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... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1820 - 874 pages
...Ungodly 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... | |
 | Isaac Milner - 1820 - 438 pages
...difference is suggested by the awful and emplnUical declaration in tny text, 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." In what is called God's moral government of mankind, this lamentable... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 548 pages
...done in 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... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...the 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... | |
 | 1832 - 480 pages
...may come 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... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 pages
...is a 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... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...vapour. Vice, indeed, in all ranks, will receive merited punishment; yet, 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, vainly trusting that they may continue to sin 12 with impunity; nevertheless,... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...Lord, 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... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 460 pages
...uncertain. 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... | |
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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. 
