...not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance." — 2 Peter, iii. 9. " Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...not that he should return from his ways and live. He sent his Son into the world, to save it." — John, iii. 17 ; — " and concluded all in unbelief,...

...righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." " Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...and not that he should return from his ways and live ?"* The passages last mentioned may introduce to our notice two considerations, most distinctly and...

...his sin ; and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered." — Ezekiel iii. 20. " When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,...iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that a wicked man doeth, shall he live ? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned...

...of human redemption, justifies and illustrates that strong assertion of the Lord by his prophet:— Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith ike Lord God, and not that he should return from his way ana live ? As I live, saith the Lord God,...

...urged against this doctrine, is derived from the followmg passage of scripture. Ezek. xviii. 24. " But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,...abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live 1 All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned ; in his trespass that he hath trespassed,...

...vain. " But that God doth not will or desire the eternal death of any, appears where the Lord saith : ' Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...and. not that he should return from his ways and live ? Say unto them : As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but...

...not at last, though late, be turned to God, who hath thus encouraged them in the following words : " Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...and not that he should return from his ways and live ?" And again, by another of his prophets, saying, " Turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious...

...is of God as the source of man's salvation, and as the forgiver of sins, according to Ezek. 18:23: "Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...not that he should return from his ways, and live?" That God denies pardon to a penitent sinner, or that he does not turn sinners to himself by means of...

...committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according...

...I believe, therefore, that for every individual there is salvation, no matter how low he has sunk. "Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should...not that he should return from his ways, and live?" (Ezekiel 8:23). The heart of man is bound with the divinity through the radiations of divinity. To...