...impossibility of the contrary. Thus, in scripture : " God is not a man, that he " should lie, neither the Son of Man, that he should repent. Hath " he said it ? and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? and " shall he not make it good !"*- So Demosthenes, addressing himself to the Athenians :." Tell...

...covenant, surely much less will God do so with his own covenant. But whatever men may attempt, " God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent," Numb, xxiii. 19. Say not, the law as it was added to the covenant, verse 19th; for it is not...

...generations. They are no longer SERMON afraid of evil tidings. Their heart is Jixed, trusting in the Lord, THOUGH these reasonings, from the unchanging tenour...a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that be should repent. Hath he said if, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it...

...and appealing to their hearers for the impossibility of the contrary. Thus in scripture ; " God is not a man, that he should lie ; " nor the Son of Man,...said it ? And shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken " it ? And shall he not make it good ?" Interrogations may be employed in the prosecution of close...

...in prayer, wait patiently for * Hos. xiii. 14.. ^ their fulfilment, and you shall find that " God is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent ; that all the promises in Christ are yea, and in him amen> unto the glory of God ; and that...

...with express declarations of the immutability of his love; and having pledged his word, he is " not man that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. His promises correspond to his counsels, and announce them to his people; nor does he promise...

...violate his word, or alter the thing he swears? Be not deceived, God is not mocked ; for he is not man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. The word that is gone out of his mouth, shall not return unto him void ; but it shall prosper,...

...Rev. iii. 14. Thy Balaam could let fall so much truth, that God is not a, man, that he should lici nor the son of man, that he should repent. Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or haih he spoken, and shall he nut make it guod'f Num. xxiii. 19. Cast thine...

...should be so fond of company : the true friend is in the heart, the spouse who is always jealous : the strength of Israel " is not a man that he should lie, nor the Son of Man that he should repent j? " He is the everlasting strength of the poor, and refuge for the needy in his distress."...

...contrary. Thus Balaam expressed himself to Balak. " The Lord is not a man thtl he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. Hath he said it ? and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken it ? and shall he not make it good ?" Exclamations are the effect of strong emotions of the mind ;...