...clemency and forbearance of heaven, but it is founded on truth, on the word of that God, who is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. Can any man, therefore, forbear to ask in all the terms of the most profound astonishment,...

...parts, they fall vastly short » of the false prophets, recorded in Numb- xxiii. 10. " God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent ; hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ?" " That by two immutable...

...they held existence. He will turn the wicked into hell, with all that forget him. And " C. J is not a man that he should lie, nor the *' son of man that he should repent." Multitudes in this infidel age, believe hell to be only a Popish purgatory — and many, that...

...contrary. Thus Balaam expressed himself to Balak. " The Lord is not a man that he should He, neither the son of man that he should repent. Hath he said it ? and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? and shall he not make it good ? Exclamations are the effect...

...surely much less will God do so with his own covenant. But whatever men may attempt, " God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent," Numb, xxiii. 19. Say not, the law as it was added to the covenant, verse 19th; for it is not...

...impossibility of the contrary. Thus, in scripture : " God is not a man, that he " should lie, neither the Son of Man, that he should repent. Hath " he said it ? and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? and " shall he not make it good !"*- So Demosthenes, addressing...

...appealing to their hearers for the impossibility of the contrary. Thus in scripture ; " God is not a man, that he should lie ; " nor the Son of Man, that he should repent. Hath " he said it ? And shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken " it ? And shall he not make it good ?" Interrogations may be employed...

...Scriptures abound with express declarations of the immutability of his love; and having pledged his word, he is " not man that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. His promises correspond to his counsels, and announce them to his people; nor does he promise...

...Will Jehovah violate his word, or alter the thing he swears? Be not deceived, God is not mocked ; for he is not man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. The word that is gone out of his mouth, shall not return unto him void ; but it shall prosper,...

...faithfulness' adds he, ' and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Hath he said it ? And will he not do it f Hath he spoken it;, and shall it not come to pass ?• Whatever disappointments rebuke the visionary projects of men,...