 | 1769 - 760 pages
...beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteoufaefs, than after thejr have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog it turned to his own vomit again,... | |
 | Francis Fox - 1748 - 598 pages
...therein, and overcome j the latter end is worfe Kith them than the beginning. 21. For. it had been s better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs,...turn from the holy commandment delivered ' unto them. 22. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The u dog is turned to his own vomit... | |
 | William Shepheard - 1748 - 410 pages
...them than the Beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the Way of Right eoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them (I). Z 3 THESE SERM. THESE PafTages arc too clear to be eluded, too ftrong to be withftood. They abundantly... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 448 pages
...gives the reafon, $ 21. For it had been better fir them not to have known the may ofrightcoufnefs, than after they have kno-wn it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them, And St. John calls this fin of apoftafy, the fln unto death : and tho- he do not forbid Chriftians... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 pages
...People. 2 Peter ii. 21, 22 For it had been better for them not to have known the Way of RighteoulV nefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the Holy Commandment delivered unto them. But it happened unto them according to the tru* Proverb, the Dog is turned to his own Vomit again,... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 470 pages
...z Pet. ii. 21. It had been better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs , than afeer they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them, fpeaking in all probability of thofe who were feduced by the errors of the Gnofticks, from the purity... | |
 | Nathanael Torriano (the elder.) - 1757 - 228 pages
...intangkd ^turned back to their former Religion J the latter Endmuft be worfe than the Beginning, becaufe it had been better for them not' to have known the...turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them ; in as much as by fo doing they reject the Covenant of Grace and Mercy in Chrift. But, as the former... | |
 | John Conybeare - 1757 - 554 pages
...therein, and overcome; thelatter End is wcrff with them than the Beginning; for it had heen hetter for them not to have known the Way of Righteoufnefs,...turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them. [2 Pet. ii. ao, »'•] To the WEAK I would addrefs myfelf, in order to ftrengthen and confirm them.... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 498 pages
...thofe who h iving the knowledge of GOD'S will, neglected to do it ; " how much better had it * been for them not to have known the way of ** righteoufnefs,...it, to " turn from the holy commandment delivered un** to them !" If we had been born, and brought up in ignorance of the true GOD and his will, " we... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...intangled therein, and overcome; the latter end is worfe .with them than the beginning, v. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. v. 22. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit... | |
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For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them... 
