...this is also vanity. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily , therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall...

...appears from Eccl. 8:11: " Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." When divine patience is thus abused, look for a sudden change! 0 therefore beware of provoking God,...

...in the ways of tolly. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Thus they become more and more blinded and hajrdenecl. These their ways and thoughts must be forsaken;...

...ECCLESIASTES viii. ii. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. WHEN the punishments which are de- SERM. , . . . . . , . XVII. nounced against impiety and vice are...

...worse for it:" and so, " because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil," Eccles. viii. 11, and they flatter themselves that there is no evil in sin. "1 don't care what it costs."...

...by the wise man: It is because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. All these solemn truths are included in the sententious words of the rext; The iniquity of the Amorites...

...Judgments. ECCLES. viii. 11. BECAUSE SENTENCE AGAINST AN EVIL WORK IS NOT EXECUTED SPEEDILY, THEREFORE THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN IS FULLY SET IN THEM TO DO EVIL. JF it were executed speedily — fqr instance, if every man who committed a theft were immediately...

...passage in Ecclesiastes : Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil, chap. viii. 11. It seems, at first sight, as if the wise man had rather exceeded in his portrait of...

...case with sinners. " Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily ; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." The. scriptures do not teach us, I think, nor does reason oblige us to believe, that God ever hardens...

...purpose, and for every work. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall...