...describes it : " HE hath given power and " commandment to his Ministers to declare and pro" nounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution " and Remission of their sins." Now, no declaration can make a thing to be what it was not before. The declaration pre-supposes the...

...\vho desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that lie may turn from hiswickedness and live, hath given power and commandment to his ministers...penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He p;trdoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore,...

...accursed thraldom of sin and Satan ? * Zech. xii. 10. This being the gracious mind and will of God, « He hath given power and commandment to His « ministers...to His < people, being penitent, the absolution and re« mission of their sins.' Oh ! How does pity beautify the Saviour's face, when, we behold Him commissioning...

...admits of doubt, and the character of which is directly opposed to the spirit of that religion which " desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live." Great, however, as have recently been the amendments in the criminal law, there remains yet much to...

...created by God, to the end that we should abide here always. Let us, therefore, repent betimes : for God desireth not the DEATH of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and LIVE. / have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves,...

...Absolution, Absolution. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, desireth not the death of 3. sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live. — He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel....

...remission of sins." The absolution accordingly is made to assume a precatory form, and omits the words, " and hath given power and commandment to his ministers...penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins." " Thou didst condescend to assume the human form," is substituted for " thou didst not abhor the virgin's...

...of reading the absolution confined to priests by our Church ? SHE says expressly, that God " tudli given power and commandment TO HIS MINISTERS to declare...penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins." But what says DR. ARNOLD, that consistent minister of the Church ? that " magnus /f polio " of Radical...

...frame of rnind, certain persons have joined in the second prayer in our church service, " Almighty God, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live :" strange it is, that our RELIGION is so mild, and our LAWS so sanguinary ! Instead of sparing the...

...Priest alone, standing ; the People still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given power and commandment to his ministers to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent,...