| Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 páginas
...that we perish not ? " Their hope was well founded, and their desire was graciously answered : — " God saw their works, that they turned from their evil...said that he would do unto them, and he did it not." What follows in the first verse of this chapter is remarkable : " But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 páginas
...Who can tell if GOD will turn and repent, and turn away from hig fierce anger, that we perish not ? And GOD saw their works that they turned from their evil way : and God repented of the evil that he would do unto them, and he did it not. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.... | |
| William Chillingworth - 1820 - 510 páginas
...way, which above all the rest was prevalent and effectual with God Almighty : for so it is written : "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God repented him of the evil, that he said he would do, and he did it not.'' In the Gospel of St. Luke, (chap, xxiv.)... | |
| William Chillingworth - 1820 - 508 páginas
...way, which above all the rest was prevalent and effectual with God Almighty : for so it is written : "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God repented him of the evil, that he said he would do, and he did it not." In the Gospel of St. Luke, (chap- xxiv.)... | |
| Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 páginas
...Nineveh. believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil, that he said that he would do unto them, and he did it not. CHAPTER 100. PROPHECIES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE... | |
| Church of England - 1822 - 606 páginas
...with dust and ashes, the scripture saitb, God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways ; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not. Now, beloved, ye have heard first what fasting is, as well that which is outward in the body, as that... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 554 páginas
...from the violence that was in their hands1." And this was it that appeased God in that instance. " God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil, and did it not." 33. The same character of repentance we find in the prophet Ezekiel : " When the wicked... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 550 páginas
...from the violence that was in their hands'." And this was it that appeased God in that instance. " God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the. evil, and did it not." 33. The same character of repentance we find in the prophet Ezekiel : " When the wicked... | |
| E B. Lloyd - 1823 - 116 páginas
...greatest of them even to the least of them." It was not in vain that they did so; for it is said, " God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." (Jonah iii.) The Scriptures not only furnish us with striking instances of the success of fasting,... | |
| Charles Powlett - 1824 - 352 páginas
...and alarmed by the prophecy, sincerely repented of their former evil ; and in verse ten, we read that "God saw their works; that they turned from their...way ; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them ; and he did it not." Is this to be supposed to militate against the immutability... | |
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