...hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. " Now you have your day, and judgment must begin at the house of God. And if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ! And if the righteous scarcely...

...three of them were then suffering. So 249 again, in the fourth chapter of St. Peter's first epistle; " The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God." Here the same word is rendered judgment; but it does not mean " eternal judgment;" for that cannot...

...have some merry days for awhile ; but O, how will they answer that question of Peter's, " Judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey. not the Gospel of God ? And if the righteous scarcely...

...hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. " Now you have your day, and judgment must begin at the house of God. And if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ! And if the righteous scarcely...

...earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquity;"1 such is the divine rule of proceeding. " For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 2 There is the spot where judgments...

...introducing such unworthy members, be " partakers of their sins, and receive of their plagues ? " " The time is come, that judgment must begin at the house of God." Let conscience, then, solemnly review our whole argument by the infinitely holy law. Is it indeed...

...introducing such unworthy members, be " partakers of their sins, and receive of their plagues ?" " The time is come, that judgment must begin at the house of God." Let conscience, then, solemnly review our whole argument by the infinitely holy law. Is it indeed...

...is founded in temporal adversity ; it is directly a covenant of sufferings and sorrows ; for now ' the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.' That is the sense and design of the text; and I intend it as a direct antimony to the common...

...Opponent's declaration to the contrary notwithstanding. When i • * Peter tells the churches that " the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God ;"(M) Dr. Gill says, " By the house of God is either meant the temple of Jerusalem," '4 or else...

...gospel is founded in temporal adversity; it is directly a covenant of sufferings and sorrows ; for now ' the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.' That is the sense and design of the text; and I intend it as a direct antimony to the common...