...Absolution, or Remission of Sins ; to be made by the Priest alone, standing ; the People still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a inner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath sjiven power and commandment...

...always asking us to join him, yet we refuse ! Ah, we are foolish beings! ' He willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live.' I am never alone, by night or by day; my companion is always with me. As to what some say of my possible...

...we withhold from others, our heavenly Father liberally grants to us ; " for he wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live." It is in imitation of this Divine benevolence, that the apostle exhorts us to be "kind, tender-hearted,...

...authority, declares and pronounces for their comfort and support, that God, who desires not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, pardonelh and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. §. 2....

...miseries ; — and he will refer the origin of such an Institution to the Almighty goodness, which " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live." Mr. Ilanway was amongst the first who saw how greatly religious knowledge might be advanced by the...

...incompatible also with the Calvinistical theory, is discoverable: "Almighty God," it is said, "the Father of our " Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a " sinner, &c." Page 173, note (6). The resemblance between the concluding paragraph of this Article, and the...

...should increase our condemnation, instead of leading us towards that God who never desireth the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live. In regard to the particular application of this subject to cases of false swearing, all those here...

...peace and reconciliation. Our Heavenly Father is revealed to us as never desiring the death of any sinner, but " rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ;" and therefore one would think that the most guilty and most heinous sinners would be the most forward to...

...peace and reconciliation. Our Heavenly Father is revealed to us as never desiring the death of any sinner, but " rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ;" and therefore one would think that the most guilty and most heinous sinners would be the most forward to...

...p. 43. « t " Declaration of absolution, or remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,...rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; hath given power and commandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being...