...died in his sins, his apostasy from the truth would be an aggravation of his guift and punishment : " for if, after they have escaped the pollutions of...beginning. For it had been better for them not to have Jcnown the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from *he holy commandment delivered...

...mistake, and frankly acknowledge^ " God is not the God ot'the dead, but of the living ;" and that, " if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world,...latter end is worse with them than the beginning." Leaving these lukewarm, formal, Laodicean professors to the mercy of God, I subscribe myself, Sir,...

...not forget thy commandments," Psalm cxix. 1?6. In answer to this, I thought I heard a voice saying, " For it had been better for them not to have known...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them," 2 Pet. ii. 21. This answer cut me to the very quick, and brought me even to the gates of death ; for...

...after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour oo Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and...beginning; " For it had been better for them not to know the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered...

...had escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, are again entangled therein and overcome; the latter...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. (r) As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in hiin ; holding faith and a good...

...therein .and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the jbegipiting," 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. " For it had been better for them, not to have known...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." That the " knowledge of the way of righteousness," which they had attained, was an inward, experimental...

...language holds them forth as "persons who once believed in o Christ, and even conformed to his gospel. " It had been better for them not to have known the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But ife hath happened to them, according to the true proverb, The dog returns to his own vom|t, and...

...entangled therein, and overcome, the hitter end is worse with them than the beginning ; fin it bad been better for them not to have known the way of...than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy coiniinindiftOnt ; but it has happened to them according to thetrue proverb: " The dog is turned to...

...punishment at the last day. So the apostle determines this matter, " It had been better for men not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them," 2 Peter ii. 21. Again, This unbelief in rejecting the gospel, is either notional and practical, or...

...mine, I will recompence, saith the Lord'. It had been better for them, as St. Paul expresses it, not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them ; 2 Pet. ii. 21. Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon...