 | James Ussher - 1660 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...subject of the temporary faith. " It had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them ;" this was a temporary conversion, as " Ephraim1, like a broken bow, turned back in the day of battle."... | |
 | John Scott - 1686 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...them than the begin" ning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefi than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment -, that is, by relapfing intothofe finful Pollutions out of which they had been refcued by the Belief... | |
 | Henry Dodwell - 1706 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...the Gofpel. So St. Peter $ It had been letter for them not to have known the way of Rijihteoufnefi, than after they have known it , to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them: a St. Pet. ii. zi. This is the fame Ignorance., and the fame Commandment now mentioned by St. Paul.... | |
 | Sir William Dawes - 1707 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...better for them never to have known ' '; i4 ., J „ . , rrir Mar.tf.ll the way of righteoufnefs , than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. So that, if there were ground, from Scripture, to hope, that any of the damn'd (hould ever... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...them than the beginning: For it had been bener for them not to have known the way of Righteoufnefs, than after they have known it to. turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them. d As ye have therefore received Ghrift Jefur the Lord, fo walk ye in him : . Holding Faith, and a .good... | |
 | Luke Milbourne - 1722 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...Gofpel, that, It bad been bet- 2 Pet. 2, ier for them not to have known the Way of Righ-'21' teoiifnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered to them -, it may be truly faid of thefe -, it had been better for them never to have aflumed the Chaf... | |
 | Samuel Clarke, John Clarke - 1729 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...wallowing in the Mire. And // had been better jor them not to have known the way of Righteoufnefs, than, after they have known it, to turn from the Holy Commandment delivered unto them. NEVERTHELESS, fuch perfons as Thefe, are.ftill through the Goodnefs and . pori,earance and Long-juffering... | |
 | John Gill - 1735 - عدد الصفحات: 536
...fevere punifhrnent i Jor it would have been better for them not to have known the -way of rigbteoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them °. 0 2. Ptt. ii. ti. II. Suppating chat. Jiicii who trnrrthaucric they flood, true believers in Chnir,... | |
 | 1737 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...juftly condemdable than any Heathen that was never brought to fuch a Conviftion. way of righteoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb : The dog is turned to his own vomit... | |
 | Daniel Wilcox - 1744 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of right eotifnefs, than after they have known it^ to turn from the holy commandment delivered unfa them. The latter end is worje with them than the beginning : it may be faid to be fo now, (i.)... | |
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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... 
