...principally as a frail and especially aa a sinful being, we may say in the language of Holy Writ, " God is not a man that He should lie, nor the son of man that He should repent." But if we regard humanity as it originally was, the image and likeness of God, and'as still...

...as little. The sentence of an immutable God is, " The soul that sinneth, it shall die :" and he is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. " If then a life of innocence, let it continue ever so long, furnishes no fund to wipe out...

...Abrahamic covenant. And therefore he could, he would do nothing afterwards to overturn it. For he is not man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. It cannot be said that the covenant of works might be set up after that of grace; as this last...

...judgment ; a God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he."J His immutability ; for " he is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. I am the Lord; I change not, therefore the sons of Jacob are not consumed. He is the same yesterday,...

...possible for these promises to fail. The Lord, " faithful and true" has made them. The Lord, who " is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. — Here then is the faith and patience of the saints. Need it be added, that Jehovah has Ai'.'Arrto...

...that the Judge of all the earth will do right. With respect to his veracity, we are told, that God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man t/tat he should repent, or, as it may be more intelligibly rendered, that he should change his mind....

...facts remain : time flies apace : eternity approaches, whether we prepare for it or not; and God is not a man, that he should lie ; nor the son of man, that he should repent; Nuni. xxiii. J9. He hath declared his purpose : he hath warned us of our danger : he hath pointed...

...the accomplishment of this promise. Consider, then, 1st, Who he is that hath said this. " He is not man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent." These are the words of God himself, who is incapable of deceit, and with whom " there is no...

...eternally die. You " shall drink the very dregs of this cup of trembling, and wring them out." " God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repenti Hath he spoken, and will he not do it? Hath he threatened, and will he not make it good ?"...

...assured, that, whether distant or near, the fulfilment of the promise shall certainly take place. " God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent." And though we dare not hope that even its beginnings will be seen in our day and generation,...