 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
 | Asher Moore - 1841 - 228 pages
...same sense of the word repentance also occurs in the passage relating to Esau, Heb. xii. 17, " For he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." It was not personal reformation of character that this man sought, but a mere change or revocation... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1841 - 216 pages
...Canaan, (Deut. ii. 4, 5) and that passage (Heb. xii. 17) which sayeth, that "Esau was rejected, and found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears," we must not therefrom infer, that it was God who rejected him, because he was a reprobate, but his... | |
 | 1843
...when at last he saw his error, and wished to retrace his steps, he could not do so. Like Esau, "he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." I wish that every unbeliever who is not yet utterly hardened, could have witnessed his anguish of spirit,... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1842 - 532 pages
...Canaan, (Deut. ii. 4, 5 ;) and that passage (Heb. xii. 17) which saith, that " Esau was rejected, and found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears," we must not therefrom infer, that it was God who rejected him, because he was a reprobate, but his... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - 1842 - 440 pages
...For ye know how that 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 2 ." This then is the meaning of Esau's great and bitter cry, which at first sight we are disposed... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1842 - 842 pages
...whole race of Ham ; one contempt of his birthright caused Esau to forfeit it altogether, so that " he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears," yet how much had he which we should think noble ! One act of disobedience took away the kingdom from... | |
 | 1843 - 208 pages
...For ye know how that 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" (Heb. xii. 15-17). quietly as he could. He went to hunt for venison, and dress it as savoury meat for his father,... | |
 | Two kingdoms - 1843 - 134 pages
...wicked. Ps. cxix. 155. ' 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. Heb. xii. 17. " Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep... | |
 | 1843 - 398 pages
...look to. Hence it is said, that, " when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." How could Esau inherit the blessing, when the choice of his own free will was against him ? He had... | |
 | Henry Hamlin Van Amringe - 1843 - 272 pages
...unauthorized devices: they stumble at the stumbling-stone—the cross of God. For this reason Esau found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully, with tears of passion and worldly sorrow ; for the love of God was not in his heart, and he had no desire for... | |
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