 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1758 - 668 pages
...was, the following words declare—Becaufe they had not executed my judgments, &c. I CAVE THEM ALSO STATUTES THAT WERE NOT GOOD, AND JUDGMENTS WHEREBY THEY SHOULD NOT LIVE. That is, becaufe they had violated my_/fr/? fyftem of laws, the decalogue, I added to them (I GAVE... | |
 | William Huntington - 1788 - 488 pages
...fervant's rule of life, and rule of work for life, by which none can ever live: Wherefore I gave them alfo STATUTES that were not good, and JUDGMENTS WHEREBY THEY SHOULD NOT LIVE, Ezek. XX. 25. When my -opponents can make God's will of protaife and his will of commandments, his... | |
 | 1805 - 510 pages
...weak and unprofitable commandment (Heb. vji. 18.) should precede, and why God gave his chosen people statutes, that were not good, and judgments, whereby they should not live', we can no more know, than we can why he permitted the fall, and why it was proper that his own and... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...polluted my sabbaths, and their 25 ej'es were after their fathers' idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live ; that is, Ifiermitted these things ; I gave them ufi to their own lusts, to idolatry, and sufierstition... | |
 | Samuel Austin - 1807 - 344 pages
...piety, to which the promise of eternal life is made . The words are, " Wherefore, I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live." This is a passage of difficult interpretation. From the following verse, however, we seem to be led... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. XX. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; XX. 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...rule of life, and rule of work for life, by which none can ever live : " Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they Should not live," Ezek. xx. 25, When my opponents can make God's will of promise and his will of commandments, his good... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 474 pages
...the intrinsic value of the ritual Law ; the famous character of it given by the Prophet EZEKIEL, of statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live — is explained in a large analysis of the whole Prophecy, against an old foolish notion revived by... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 500 pages
...have had the Prophet to support the Poet, where, speaking in the name of God, he says, — I gave them Statutes that were not good, and Judgments whereby they should not live *. But to leave this to his maturer projects ; and go on with him, in his pious design of eradicating... | |
 | 1846 - 612 pages
...Camming, AM) antt «forrf0ponttrnrr. Bad Gifts. SIR, — In Ezekiel xx. 25, it is written, " I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live." How can God, who is all mercy and goodness, give bad gifts to his people? I remain, Yours, JSW would... | |
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