...Itaque parricides cum leg* caeperunt et illis facinus psena demonstravit." *• desires not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." The law is abolished. There are many other instances of similar decomposition of erroneous laws, criminal...

...him away; and, in prayer, he pleaded this declaration, —that, " the Lord desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness, and live." ' The thought and the prayer,' he observed, ' comforted him : for if the Lord did not desire the death...

...nay more, the strong desire to forgive ; for his own Word declares that " He willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." Who can describe the unspeakable comfort which is imparted to the penitent sinner's heart, by the reflection...

...individual victim, and of society at large, as well as for the glory of Him "who desireth not tlic death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ;" — and above all, by pressing on the heads of governments, as well as on every class of the community, the...

...PRAYER FOR PARDON. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, we beseech thee to grant us true repentance, and thy Holy Spirit ; that those things may please thee...

...other of your fellow creatures. VIII. THE PRAYER. [I] Thou merciful God, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; I give thee humble thanks, that thou hast been pleased to call me to the knowledge of thy grace,...

...to us to be opposed to the spirit and precepts of that Divine Being who 'desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live.' We have had some experience of the character of criminals, and are persuaded that there are periods...

...many proofs of the paternal love and of the tender solicitude of Him, who " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live." To deny the doctrine of original corruption is not only to reject the testimony of the Almighty, to...

...resolutions to this purpose. And most certainly, when he tells, that he hathno pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his 'wickedness, and live ; that he would have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth ; that he would...

...reconciled to us all ; who still is anxious that we should return, — who willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live. But, although we have no strength of our own, — although we are insufficient of ourselves, still...