| John Sharp (abp. of York.) - 1729 - 444 pages
...oftheHoufe of Bondage : Thus VoL. IV. U the the Threatning in the fccond Commandment of vijiting the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children, to the third and fourth Generation ; and the Promife in the Fifth of living lotig in the Laud which the Lord their God had... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1745 - 40 pages
...that was committed fo many Years ago; fince God has fo peremptorily declared, that he will vifit the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children to the third and fourth Generation : And therefore a Sin committed an hundred Years ago, is the very fame in his Sight, as... | |
| Richard Griffith - 1757 - 360 pages
...all Mankind from original Sin ? Then, again, Part of the fecond Cammandment fays, " I will vifit the Sins of the Fathers upon *' the Children, to the third and fourth Genera' " tion of them that hate me," &c. What human Equity is there in this ? Is not the Crime of... | |
| Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...to the objection which at first appears to arise from the denunciation, " That God would visit the sins of the "fathers upon the children, to the third " and fourth generation of them that hate " him ; and shew mercy unto thousands in " them who should love him and... | |
| David Robertson - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 618 pages
...Wilkinson? Is he answerable for it? It was thought in days of yore, a hard rule, when they visited the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation; but it would be still harder to make general Wilkinson responsible for the supposed misconduct of Gaines.... | |
| Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 608 pages
...Wilkinson? Is he answerable for it? It was thought in days of yore, a hard rule, when they visited the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation; but it would be still harder to make general Wilkinson responsible for the supposed misconduct of Gaines.... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 540 pages
...I will only say, ' that we are told, that the Almighty visits ' the sins of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation, but that I did not expect, that even that ' right hon. gentleman would have arro' gated to himself such a power. I will leave it to the House to judge,... | |
| Great Britain - 1809 - 536 pages
...I will only say, ' that we are told, that the Almighty visits ' the sins of the fathers upon their children ' to the third and fourth generation, but ' that I did not expect, that even that ' right hon. gentleman would have arro' gated to himself such a power. I will ' leave it to the House to judge,... | |
| Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...Whenhchadconcluded,Lord Folkestone rose to reply to this. " It would be affectation in any one," he laid, " to pretend that I do not understand the force and...right honourable gentleman would have arrogated to himself such a power. I leave it to the House to judge of the fairness, thecandour, and the liberality... | |
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