...is more difficult, and of smaller hope : because he is " twice dead and plucked up by the rootd." " For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...it, to 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...

...the beginning ? Hear what the Apostle Peter says, and let the awful words sink into your hearts. " If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world...it, to 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 vomit again,...

...we draw back, rt i» " unto perdition," ver. 39. — 2 Pet. iu 20, 21. " If, after men have esc.iped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Awful warnings ! which should ever keep up a wakeful care to finish our course with joy. 2,...

...' Heb. xii. 1—3. k Gal. vi. 9. ' Phil, i. 6. m Rom. ii. 6, 7. " Heb. x. 35, 36. ° Ibid. ver. 38. Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled...it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them p. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees q ; Looking diligently, lest...

...unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace ? Peter also describes the same characters : For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...beginning. For it had been better for them not to hare known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment...

...are the serTanta of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...the beginning. For it had been better for them not tohaveknown the way of righteousness, than, after they have known if, to turn from the holy commandment...

...are ofiended, Mark iv. 16, 17. If so be that ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, 1 Pet ii. 3. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning, 2 Pet. Ü. 20. b For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak....

...the servants of corruption ; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have...

...are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning." The Holy Ghost compares sinners, because of the odious, fierce, poisonous nature of this indwelling...

...are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning." The Holy Ghost compares sinners, because of the odious, fierce, poisonous nature of this indwelling...