...hardened profligacy;' has already been considered.* P. Ixxviii. Note from Calvin. ' Non equidem, &c.'t , " In which are some things hard to be understood; "...unstable, wrest, as " they do also the other scriptures, to their own de" struction."J P. Ixxviii. 1. 21. ' Obedience, &c.'$ If after the words practicable...

...wisdotn given unto him, hath written unto you; 16 As also in ail his epistles, speaking in them of thèse things ; in which are some things hard to be understood,...are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also thé other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know thèse...

...assures us that, in St. Paul's epistles, there are some things hard to be understood, which they wJw are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. 2 Pet. iii. 16. We are directed by St. Paul to standfast, and hold the traditions...

...place a man in a state of justification ; but faith and works are both necessary to preserve " arc some things hard to be understood, which they that...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction/ » Pet. c. 3. v. i6. CO C. 2. v. i7, 2o and 26. ART. xi.] Thirty-nine Articles. 265 serve a man in...

...prevailed among them. St. Peter declares of the Epistles of his beloved brother Paul, " that they contain things hard to be understood, which they that are...unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction." He foretels that false teachers shall arise, " who privily shall bring in...

...men every where to repent, and embrace his Gospel. Wherefore, beloved, says he, a little afterwards, account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation...unstable, wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction, ver. 14, &c. He seems purposely to have made mention of St. Paul in this...

...require this. This leads me to an interpretation of a passage in the second Epistle of Peter iii. 16, ' " which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." Is it not better to say, " which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,...

...and longsnffering; not knowing that the ' goodness of God leadeth thee to ' repentance. Rom. ii. 5. Account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation;...the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Pet. iii. 15, 16. God our Saviour will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of...

...The history and character of Paul ; and the causes of obscurity in his writings. 2 PETER iii 15, 16. Even as our beloved brother Paul, also, according...also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction 13,r) — 1/53 SERMON XII. Habit. JEREMIAH xiii. 23. Can the Kthiopian change his skin, or thr leopard...

...And account that the long- suffering of our Lord is salvaf ch•ow ; even as our beloved brother Paid also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. .A REMARKABLE testimony is here given by St. Peter of his brother the Apostle Paul. The authority of...