| SEVERAL HANDS - 1758 - 668 pagine
...punifhment was, the following words declare—Becaufe they had not executed my judgments, &c. I CAVE THEM ALSO STATUTES THAT WERE NOT GOOD, AND JUDGMENTS WHEREBY THEY SHOULD NOT LIVE. That is, becaufe they had violated my_/fr/? fyftem of laws, the decalogue, I added to them (I GAVE... | |
| William Huntington - 1788 - 488 pagine
...fervant's rule of life, and rule of work for life, by which none can ever live: Wherefore I gave them alfo STATUTES that were not good, and JUDGMENTS WHEREBY THEY SHOULD NOT LIVE, Ezek. XX. 25. When my -opponents can make God's will of protaife and his will of commandments, his... | |
| 1805 - 510 pagine
...weak and unprofitable commandment (Heb. vji. 18.) should precede, and why God gave his chosen people statutes, that were not good, and judgments, whereby they should not live', we can no more know, than we can why he permitted the fall, and why it was proper that his own and... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pagine
...despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their 25 ej'es were after their fathers' idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live ; that is, Ifiermitted these things ; I gave them ufi to their own lusts, to idolatry, and sufierstition... | |
| Samuel Austin - 1807 - 344 pagine
...something short of that real piety, to which the promise of eternal life is made . The words are, " Wherefore, I gave them also statutes that were not...good, and judgments whereby they should not live." This is a passage of difficult interpretation. From the following verse, however, we seem to be led... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagine
...to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. XX. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; XX. 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pagine
...might pollute themselves in the former, and be nurses for devils in the latter; as it is written, " Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not...good, and judgments whereby they should not live; and I polluted them in their own gifts," Ezek. xx. 25. I have often observed how few celebrated earthly... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pagine
...any. This is the servant's rule of life, and rule of work for life, by which none can ever live : " Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they Should not live," Ezek. xx. 25, When my opponents can make God's will of promise and his will of commandments, his good... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 514 pagine
...The mercy follows ; and the terms, on which it was bestowed, are likewise explained — IVhercJ<tre I gave them also Statutes that were NOT GOOD, and Judgments -whereby they should .NOT Livfif. And now the beggarly shifts of the new interpretation appear in all their nakedness. Whatever... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 pagine
...hand, and efficacious influence, in all the hatred, quarrels and wars that take place among men. " Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby the- should not live. And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the... | |
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