 | John Holmes - 1827 - 490 pages
...After the singing of an hymn, brother Lehman spoke on the eleventh verse of 33d chapter of Ezekiel : "As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ;" combined with the words of our Saviour, Matthew xi. 28. " Come unto me, all ye that... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1827 - 538 pages
...either, unless we come unto him. This is the only reason why he calls us so earnestly to him : " For as I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye; for why will ye die,... | |
 | John Holmes - 1827 - 506 pages
...After the singing of an hymn, brother Lehman spoke on the eleventh verse of 33d chapter of Ezekiel : " As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ;" combined with the words of our Saviour, Matthew xi. 28. " Come unto me, all ye that... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...behold the lovely character of our God. Vengeance is his strange work, whilst mercy is his delight. " As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the dfath of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live." careless women ; upon the land... | |
 | Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 380 pages
...Is it my fault, that nations are wicked ? Do I constrain them to sin, or prevent their reformation ? As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live : " turn ye, turn ye from your evil... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 536 pages
...turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Say unto them, ' As I live, saith the LORD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways... | |
 | Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin - 1828 - 426 pages
...voice of his word and of his dispensations ever is — (oh, that sinners would rt'ir<<ril it !)— ' As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; turn je.turn ye, for why... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Henry - 1829 - 356 pages
...return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...harmonize such declarations, with some other parts of their creed, to the oath of the living God — "As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth : wherefore turn and live ye." — It is the dictate of parental solicitude. It is... | |
 | 1832 - 698 pages
...preferring their continued sin to holiness in its stead. What then is His answer? " Say unto them, as I live saith the Lord, I have NO pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his wif and live." Thus God, instead of admitting the... | |
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As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die? 
