 | George Redford - Conversion - 1843 - 188 pages
...sole reason why you, if still unconverted, are kept from the place of punishment is, because God " is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any...that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. Let us now return again to the question with which we set out. Can any unconverted person assure himself... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 7 he Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should came to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the... | |
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...were some of mankind to whom he was willing to shew himself glorious in their happiness ? " The Lord is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any...all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. And as this consideration of the divine patience and forbearance, shining foTh in the whole government... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...these measures of time are nothing to hint, that is Infinite. III. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. The Lord, who hath promised to come, is not slack in... | |
 | John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. : §. III. 10th Q. — How do the Scriptures describe... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 356 pages
...that God is pleased to crown them with his grace. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promises, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 450 pages
...shall be given him," James i. 5. Thus St. Peter, " The Lord is-*-not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. And thus St. John, " If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father : — and he is the propitiation... | |
 | Missions - 1839 - 702 pages
...declared that he " willeth not the death of the sinner," that " he delighteth in mercy;" and that " he is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any...that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. It is not because there is any inadequacy in the means of salvation; for " God to loved the world,... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...12, 13. First, AND, behold, I come quickly. 2 Peter iii. 9, 10, " The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should fiertsh, but that all should come to refientance." Habakkuk ii. 3, " For the vision is yet for an appointed... | |
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
