...divine constancy and veracity is finely expressed in that exclamation of the prophet Balaam ; ' 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 ? '...

...case the prohibitions and threats of God's Word. We know that they are universally true ; for God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent : but we do not experience their full efficacy, as motives to repentance and amendment, till...

...of your own hearts. Remember that the word of God is not a cunningly devised fable, and that he is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. Seek increased strength of faith, that you may connect every promise in the divine word with...

...and troubled Pharaoh's host, and whelmed his mighty men in the sea—will not go with thee. God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. " They that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." Hath he said it, and will he not...

...did not dally with sinners, when he settled those constitutions, whence this necessity results. He is not a man, that he should lie ; nor the son of man, that he should repent. A heathen understood so much of the nature of God. I have thought sometimes, .with much wonder,...

...and troubled Pharaoh's host, and whelmed his mighty men in the sea — will not go with thee. God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. " They that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." Hath he said it, and will he not...

...did not dally with sinners, when he settled those constitutions, whence this necessity results. He is not a man, that he should lie ; nor the son of man, that he should repent. A heathen understood so much of the nature of God. I have thought sometimes, with much wonder,...

...us, with a view to the disappointing the hopes raised by them in the minds of his people. "He is not man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent." He abideth faithful ; and though the heavens and earth should pass away, one tittle that he...

...turns from his purpose, much less from his promise solemnly ratified by oath. He turneth never. He is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that ho should re pout. What a rock they stand upon who have an immutable oath of God for their foundation...

...all thy namе." God has a greater regard unto the words of his mouth, than to the works of his hand : heaven and earth shall pass away, but one jot or tittle of what he hath spoken shall never fall to the ground. Some do understand this of Christ the essential...