...being asked if there were any passage he would choose as his funeral text, " Yes," said be, " And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent." — Asking for the Bible, that be might point out to his minister portions that had been consolatory...

...all nations to walk in their own ways," and to St. Paul's declaration, in Acts, xvii. 30, that " the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent." The Most High is preparing himself * " This fourth verse," says Bishop Horsley, " represents a long...

...Christians the most advanced in knowledge. a 2 CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE. ACTS xvii. 30. Page And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent 1 LECTURE I. ST. MATTHEW iii. 1, 2. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness...

...that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that...

...Another scripture in proof of the point for which we labor, is found in Acts xvii. SO, SI. "And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day in the which ne will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom...

...preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God. — Acts xiv. 15. And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent. — Acts xvii. 30. I kept back nothing, &c. testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance...

...worship, I declare unto you, &c. We ought not to think that the godhead is like unto gold, &c. And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. — Acts xvii. 23. 29, 30. I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to...

...to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends oftheearth^. The times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in * Acts iii. 13 — 26. .j. Acts v. 29—31. t Acts x. 42, 48....

...all nations to walk in their own ways," and to St. Paul's declaration, in Acts, xvii. 30, that " the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent." The Most High is preparing himself * "This fourth verse," says Bishop Horsley, "represents a long cessation...

...Jews and Gentiles. Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent ye therefore. The times past of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. But as it would not follow in the one case that the sick mnn could appreciate the value of the physician...