...I think it is unnecessary to adduce them. The laws of God are fixed and unalterable. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation, whether in the case of individuals or of nations. Let it never be forgotten, however, that...

...opinion was that Israel was paying the penalty of Manasseh's sins. Yahweh, the holy one, visited the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.1 But this answer did not satisfy everyone, for it seemed to make Yahweh's justice to each...

...opinion was that Israel was paying the penalty of Manasseh's sins. Yahweh, the holy one, visited the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.1 But this answer did not satisfy everyone, for it seemed to make Yahweh's justice to each...

...the Most High is not bound by this law in his own decisions. He himself declares, that he visits the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate him. There can be no suspicion of error in this statement horn the defective...

...opinion was that Israel was paying the penalty of Manasseh's sins. Yahweh, the holy one, visited the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.1 But this answer dkl not satisfy every one, for it seemed to make Yahweh's justice to each...

...seated ourselves, when the preacher began his text. " I the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation." " Vengeance" — so he named his subject. I must observe that this was the last of a course...

...no pleasure ia the punishment of evil-doers, but in their amendment ; who, it is true, " visits the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation, but also has mercy on thousands who love him."1 This God may not be worshipped under an...

...then, first, that the punishment of idolatry is said to consist in this — " that God will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate Him, but that He will show mercy unto thousands of them that love Him...

...dies of decline at one score. What else is all this but what God on Sinai meant : — " Visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation " ? He. — Supposing that's true, but it's a long way from it, it would have been as wise...

...Listen to the words of that second commandment, " I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me." Listen again to the words of the dear old Litany of our Church, "...