...against God, in like manner, involves whole families of the wicked. God has said that he will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations ; and it was in accordance with this sovereign arrangement that he inspired his servant...

...may be considered as part of the punishment for national offences, inflicted by Him who " visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation" — thus by a kind of retributive justice, avenging the many innocent nations which were...

...thought, suggested by those awful words, " For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation, of them that hate me ;" — it is thoughts like these, and not the thought of leaving behind...

...perplexed. Do you not remember the text, in which it is distinctly declared that ' God will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation? ' " " I certainly do, and I remember too that all our best theologians assert that that...

...— they do suffer, and very many of them die ; so true is it, that God in nature does " visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation ;" and with this fact before us, it is as useless as it is impious to murmur against God,...

...subsequent sins of his posterity ; and it is only thus, in the nature of things, that God visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. 28. But there are other ways through which the organic influences affect the mental powers...

...to be followed by a train of venereal diseases, which canker life at its very core, " and visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations ?" Was the deep-seated and natural sentiment of SELF-PRESERVATION, that essential safeguard...

...confirmation of the inference from these narratives in the well-known declaration, that God will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation ; and also in the general principle, both of the Bible and of God's providential government,...

...character and to good. " God layeth up the iniquity of the wicked for his children," — " Tisiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation." By which we are to understand, what is\ every day exhibited in actual historic proof,...

...his father when Melchisedec met him." Hence also God, who cannot but be just, is said to " visit the iniquities -of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation." To our corrupted reason this seems unjust ; but the Judge of all the earth sees otherwise...