...required from that we have been describing. The Law, like the Gospel, ought not to ' desire the death of a sinner, but rather ' that he should turn from his wickedness and live.' This, however, must not be understood entirely in a religious sense ; for the reformation which is...

...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...

...sad anticipation and fear. I must, I will hope. Oh! forgive me Lord, thou wiliest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, and " * all things are possible unto thee." LECTURE XI. THE EFFECTS OF THE MIRACLE. Then many of the...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...marked as a remembrance of my deliverance from captivity. The text, " The Lord willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live," reminded me how much I wished to die in Belgrade, when the city was conquered, and how graciously God...

...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...

...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...