 ray father; yet found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Heb. xii. " And Balaam said, Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." " And Pharaoh said to Moses, The Lord is righteous, I and my...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Page 528by John Milton - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 320 pages
...for ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. HAT the text relates to Esau, the elder son of Isaac, will be readily recollected. The case of Esau... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...having foolishly parted with his birthright, when he would afterwards have inherited the blessing, found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears? Is there any thing in these examples to encourage procrastination? If you had often attended a death-bed,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
..." For ye know how that afterward when he would have inherited the blessing, he was lejccted: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears," Heb. xii. 1(5, 17So 1 So the children of Israel, they brought to God the fruits of obedience too late ; their... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 384 pages
...ye know how that after-wards, 'when he would have inherited the Blessing, he wa» rejected: for he found no Place of Repentance, though he sought it carefully with Tears. THE person here spoken of is Esau; and the circumstances referred to are those, related in the twenty-seventh... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - 1819 - 248 pages
...his birthright ; and afterwards, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected ; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully, with tears ? Minister. He certainly lost, or rather sold his birthright ; in consequence of which, he lost the... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - 1819 - 248 pages
...his birthright ; and afterwards, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected ; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully, with tears ? Minister. He certainly lost, or rather sold his birthright ; in consequence of which, he lost the... | |
 | Robert May - 1819 - 400 pages
...(saith the Apostle) that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected ; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Jacob desired the birthright; he eovete i earnestly the best gifts. He desired earnestly the blessings... | |
 | William Penn - 1822 - 340 pages
...have lost: and like profane Esau, (we shall be rejected,) when he would have inherited the blessing he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. There is nothing will remain then, but chains of darkness, they that loved darkness, here, shall Be... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1822 - 372 pages
...our sins, and promise, that if we do repent, \ve shall be forgiven. Yet the text tells us that Esau found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.' — This was the other misunderstanding which I stated. And is it not a great misunderstanding ? In... | |
 | David Russell - 1825 - 372 pages
...For ye know how that afterward, when lie would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected : for he found no plaCe of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Heb. xii. 17. Now, what was it that Esau sought ? Repentance, you know, signifies a change of mind, and what... | |
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