...forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts," ver. 19. "If after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning," 2 Pet. ii. 20. " They say, if a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's,...

...good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 2 Pet. ii, 20, 21 . For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end isQG worse with them than the beginning. For it had beet better for them not to have known the way...

...— " When it shall turn tothe Lord." In 2 Peter ii. 21, the same word is rendered turn from — " It had been better for them not to have known the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. In these passages the same word is translated to be converted, to turn the body, to turn to the Lord,...

...17. d Rom. ii. 6 — 9. b 2 Thess. i. 7, 8. « John, iii. 19. « Matt. xvi. 27. f 2 Peter, ii. 21. of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and...end is worse with them than the beginning *." " For, if we wilfully sin after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice...

...Spirit of grace." Heb. x. 29. " Them who draw back unto perdition." Heb. x.39. " For it had been bettej for them not to have known the way of righteousness,...known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unlo them." 2 Pet. ii. 21. SPECIAL. " Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,...

...sins." Nay, he declares the danger of such a state in still stronger terms, 2 Epis. ii. 20 — 22. " For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned unto his own vomit again...

...20—3?. escaped the pollutions ol. the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesu- Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome,...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them! But it is happened nnto them, according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his vomit again;...

...stedfast in the faith.— 1 Pet. v. 8, 9. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, &c. they are again entangled therein, and overcome; the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. — 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. iii. 17, 18. Matt. xii. 43 — 45. They went out from us, but they were not...

...stedfast in the, faith. — 1 Pet. v. 8, 9. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, &c. they are again entangled therein, and overcome; the...from the holy commandment delivered unto them.— 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. iii. 17, 18. Matt. xii. 43 — 45. They went out from us, but they were not of us...

...and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Matt, xii, 43 — 15. — For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2 Peter ii, 20 ; compare this with verse 1, <^c. — For it is impossible, (that is, very difficult,...