...the misery and destruction of the wicked, in itself considered ? The Lord is not slack concerning Ms promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die...

...over that spirit which counteth the Lord slack concerning his promise; for indeed, "He is not slack, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." My dear Friend, my soul fervently desires, that thou...

...kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment. . . . The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward But the day of the Lord will come, as a thief in the night." Let us be careful that this warning is...

...the body ; for turning from evil ways would not prevent that death. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance* — 2 Peter 3:9. The meaning of this text appears to...

...that the wicked turn from his way and live*." " The Lord," saith St. Peter, " is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance"." As in the parable of the fig-tree, when the owner...

...is written, in the second Epistle of St. Peter, 1 " The Lord is not slack con1 3 chap. 9 v. cerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward; not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." One reason, then, why the Lord's promise is not yet...

...ashamed nor confounded, world without end. Also in 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any of us should perish, but that all should come to Vol. IV.— No. IV. 2 A repentance. This passage is...

...judgment, — righteous judgment for blood trampled on, despised love. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish ; but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; when they shall say peace and safety,...

...entire verse, wherein the words we mind are extant, runneth thus : " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. Evident it is, and expositors * Porro...

...negatively, That he toillelh not the perishing of any, 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, . but that all should come to repentance. And this is correspondent to that of the prophet...