...exorbitant course-. of the Bishops; and knowing well whnt the wise man suith, ' Because sentence against an evil work is not ' executed speedily, therefore...the ' sons of men is fully set in them to do evil,' (the timely redrtss whereof doth better become i the wisdom of 11 parliament than a too late wo! ful...

...Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily — (and we may also say — certainly) therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." (a) It has been before observed, that some judges have reprieved, for many offences made capital by...

...than the highest regardeth, and there be higher than they." Chnp. viii. 1I. " Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the...the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." And therefore, there is some other time, beside the time of this life, for executing the sentence which...

...themselves, because, when they commit such wickedness, he keeps silence. " Because judgment against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil." But when once they shall have filled up the measure...

...disposition of mind, which Solomon describes in that well-known passage in Eccl. " .Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the...the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." It seems, at first sight, as if the wise man had rather exceeded in his portrait of the human heart....

...Apostasy. SERMON XXXI. DEPRAVITY OF MAN. ITS DEGREE. ECCLESIASTES viii. 11. Because sentence against an evil .work is not executed speedily, therefore...of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. IN the two last discourses, I proposed for consideration the following doctrine ; That in consequence...

...the sinner to persist in his sins. " Because sentence against an evil work is not speedily executed, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." Eccles. viii. 11. But, ah ! what will be the consequence ? The stroke long delayed will fall the heavier;...

...the character given of all wicked men by the Preacher, Eccles. yiii. 11 : Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the...the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. But in the case of earthly parents, and their conduct towards the children intrusted to their care, they...

...were forgotten in the city where they had so done : this is also vanity. 1 1 Because sentence against 12 If Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it...

...reason, but yet it lies at the bottom of their hearts. So Solomon tells us, because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the...of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl. viii. 14. But it is not always thus. There are few of us but have seen instances of God's severity...