...bow down to them, nor wor/hip them ; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, to the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me, and /hewing Mercy to thoufands, in them that love me, and keep my Commandments. 402,...

...unto thee any -*- graven image — thou Jhalt not bow down thyjelf to them, nor feme them : for I, the LORD thy GOD, am a jealous GOD, vijiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them , that hate me, andjhewing mercy unto thoufands of them...

...miferies and confequences of his fall, If it was confiftent with the juftice of Providence, to vifit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth ggneration of them that hate the Lord ; it cannot be inconfiftent with it to vifit the fin of Adam...

...mankind from original fin ? Then, again, part of the fecond commandment fays, " I will vifa iht *' fins of the fathers upon the children, to the " third and fourth generation of them that hate " nae;" &c. What human equity is there in this ? Js not the crime of bating God, in the proper...

...under the earth ; thou Jhalt not bow down thyfclf to them, nor ferve them : For 1 the Lord thy Cod am a jealous God, vijiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate mef and Jlewing mercy unto thoufands of them...

...Mofes, he proclaims as one part of it, that be will by no means clear the guilty ; and that he vi/its the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. This awful attribute is an important part of his goodnefs, and without it he could not...

...Thou fhalt not adore nor worfhip them. I am the Lord thy God, ftrong and jealous, vifiting the fins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and fhewing mercy to thoufands of thofe that love me, and keep my- commandments. II....

...Providence fail to remark this coincidence ? Does not the righteous Governor of the world still ' visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation ?' We look forward with much apprehension to the nejcl national punishment for national...

...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 keep his com" mandments."...

...rcfemblance to this gothic code of the Chinefe, efpecially when he declares that the deity would vifit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. It is not our province in this account of China, to write an apology for Mofes in this...