 | William BISHOP (Rector of Ufton Nervet.) - 1825 - 364 pagina’s
...regard this as an instance of God's forbearance : " The Lord," he remarks, " is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance11:" he spares the sinner for a while, that he may turn... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pagina’s
...in this passage, shows beyond all question that this is his meaning. " God 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." b This passage is often cited, to show that all men... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1825 - 584 pagina’s
...That Proof 2. he willeth not the perishing of any, 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. And this is correspondent to that of the prophet Ezekiel,... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pagina’s
...thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants, Luke xv. 17 — 19. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ', but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willingthatany should perish, butthat all should come to repentance, 2 Pet. iii. 9. And account tAat... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 pagina’s
...brother, suffer not Satan to whisper into thine ear such an insinuation. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Know ye not that a thousand years are with the Lord... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 524 pagina’s
...The Lord is not slack,' says he, 'concerning his promise (the promise, viz. of a future judgment), as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance ;' 2 Pet. iii. 8, 9. Nay, the threatening of punishment... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1826 - 356 pagina’s
...that the true cause of that delay is mercy, and not weakness. The Lord is not slack concerning B 4 his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward ; not willing (hat any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Still, however, there are seasons in... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 666 pagina’s
...objections of libertines, such motives to piety as the apostle intended we should draw from them. ' Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one...and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.' This is the doctrine that the apostle establishes. ' Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,... | |
 | 1827 - 516 pagina’s
...and a new ear^h*, wherein dwelleth righteousness." Also he says, "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." And St. Paul saith in the tenth chapter of the Hebrews,... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 676 pagina’s
...that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. 2 PET. iii. 9: The LOKD 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. "MARK, ii. 18 : And the disciples of John and of the... | |
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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. 
