...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,...

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

...certainty of retribution for sin, now crushing in remediless ruin the guilty offender-, now visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation; the determined will, that, steadfast in its moral might, is ready to withstand the direst...

...cxlv. 8. The two latter, indeed : 1 . ' That will not clearing clear the guilty ; ' 2. ' Visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generations ; ' these two are commonly referred to punitive justice, as importing acts and resolutions...

...Ps. cxlv. 8. The two latter, indeed: 1. 'That will not clearing clear the guilty;' 2. ' Visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generations ; ' these two are commonly referred to punitive justice, as importing acts and resolutions...

...certainty of retribution for sin, now crushing in remediless ruin the guilty offender, now visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation ; the determined will, that, steadfast in its moral might, is ready to withstand the direst...

...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...

...providentially bound up with the sinful agents. Ex. xx. 5. God does actually, as he says, visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate him. Now we propose to prove (1) that the Scriptures plainly teach that...

...His oppressed people calls upon Him, He will hear, He will answer. He is the safte God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of them that hate Him, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Him and that...

...representations of created things; "for I am the Lord thy God, jealous (of My glory), visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me.2 Evidently it is the worship of false gods, or idolatry, which this...