...been condemned to endless punishment.'' How very different was Paul's view of the cause of repentance. "Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance...not knowing that the GOODNESS of God leadeth thee to repentance 1 Horn. 2. 4. Mr. P. says "if the penalty of the lav/ had been that sinners shall be punished...

...FACE VI.— The Mercy of the Divine Judgments ; or, God's Method in caring Sinners. ROMANS u. 4. — Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? . 357 VII. — Of Growth in Grace, with its proper Instruments and Signs. 2 PETER in....

...FADE VI. — The Mercy of the Divine Judgments ; or, God's Method in curing Sinners. ROMANS n. 4. — Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? . 357 VII. — Of Growth in Grace, with its proper Instruments and Signs. 2 PETER HI....

...the bolts of his anger from your head, and permitted you to prosper while you were " despising the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance." All (his, and the ingratitude it involves, and which you would give worlds to forget,...

...crowd, and in his case, describes the case of all, in these words, " despisest thou the riches of God^ goodness, and forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance, " ^ or is even now urging thee to turn to Him. This is the reason why men go on in sin—There...

...judgest them which do such things, And dost the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God ? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? PARAPHRASE. wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself: for thou, that judgest,...

...Aggravations of Man's sinful state. 395 though it be so full of men's wickedness. And, Romans 2. 4. " Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ?" As we have copiously shewn from that text, that there is a manifest, discernible leadingness...

...height of the love of Christ which passeth knowledge." To the wicked, he put this awakening question : " Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ?" To the righteous, he used this affectionate entreaty : " I beseech you, therefore, brethren,...

...come to repentance. Hence the solemn appeal in the second chapter of the epistle to the Romans:— Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance,...long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth to repentance ? But after thy hardness, and impenitent heart treaswrest up unto, thyself wrath against...

...judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God ? 4 Or em, I will also ask of you repentance ? and the corruption, in the largest sense, of THE HUMAN HEART. What of real virtue there...