 | 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
...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...perish, but that all should come to repentance. The Lord, who hath promised to come, is not slack in the performance of that promise of his, according... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Morison - Bible - 1810 - 292 pages
...children of Israel.' The divine promise was fulfilled in the most exact manner, as a certain pledge, that ' the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count * slackness ;' but ' the day of the Lord will come аs a thief in the f night : ' What I say to you, I say to all, Watch,'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
