...assist our good 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...aid, and to bring us back by wholesome suffering to the way of God, who desireth not the death of the sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live. God is our refuge, then, both where reason leads us into perplexity and where conscience betrays us...

...part of man for His own sake, but for the sake of man himself, because He ' willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live.' ' If thou sinnest,' says Elihu, ' what doest thou unto Him ? or if thy transgressions be multiplied,...

...gulf of sin and death ! " So he prayed with her, and reminded her that God did not desire the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live ; and she was comforted. And the next morning Abraham rose up and took his niece by the hand, leaving...