 | 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... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as...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
...thousand years are alike and all one to him: these measures of time are nothing to hint, that is Infinite. III. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,...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
...God'j I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his...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 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... | |
 | William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 544 pages
...wicked every day. The scripture gives an account why execution is respited : " the Lord is not slack, (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." " He waits to be gracious," and spares men in order... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...is, to the complete making up of his body ; for as Peter saith, " 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, bnt that all should come to repentance," 2 Per. iii. Q. and so also to the complete performance... | |
 | Daniel de Superville - Sermons, English - 1816 - 436 pages
...delays of providence which often promote the good of the human race. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, (as " some men count slackness;) but...long-suffering " to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but " that all should come to repentance."* While the providence of God is sketching out his... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...likewise perish." And chap. xv. 7, 10. " There is joy in heaven over one sinner that reperiteth," »'. e. over one sinner that is converted. Acts xi. 18....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."... | |
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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. 
