...he does of me, that " he can take either side of the question as he finds occasion:" but this I to have known the way of righteousness, than after they...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Sermons, p. 66. suy, he appears to me to feel the force of some truths -which do not well comport with...

...but liereafter they will be painfully convinced of the truth of the warning of the Apostle, that " it had been better for them not to have known the...from the Holy Commandment, delivered unto them'." Surely, my beloved brethren, it were more prudent to suffer ourselves to be persuaded of this in time,...

...the slaves of corruption ; for by whom a man is overcome, 20 by him he is also brought into slavery. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again intangled therein and overcome, their last state 21 is worse than the first. For it had been better...

...Heb. vi. 4. " For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled...latter end is worse with them than the beginning," 2 Peter ii. 20. Such texts, I fear, are made too light of among us. There is a disposition, by adroit...

...them into subjeetion for servants, and for handmaids. 2 Pet. 2. 20. For if after they have eseaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overeome ; the latter end is worse with them than. the beginning. (r) 2 Kings 5. 26. And he said unto...

...of bondage, and into a more dangerous situation than if tkey had never been saved. " For, (said he) if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world,...knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they arc again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning." As...

...if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again:...

...have entered again into the world, and are more distinguished by its vices and follies than before. " For if after they have escaped the pollutions *.*..." therein, and overcome ; the latter end is worse than " the beginning." Mark the falls of good men themselves, who have been " recovered from the snare...

...for of whom a man is overeome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 30 For if after they haveeseaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overeome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them...

...world, through the knowledge of Christ, &c. — and yet are again entangled therein. And saith he, it had been better for them not to have known the...of righteousness, than after they have known it, to tarn from, &c.. ('4 Pet. i. 9. and ii. 20. to the end,) how could they have forgot that which they...