...this question in the affirmative f St. Peter himstlf, speaking of the Epistles of St. Paul, said, " In which are some things hard to be understood, which...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction." Would St. Peter, if he had lived in the present age, have thought this admonition less necessary, than...

...In those epistles, as another great apostle observed, immediately after they were written; " there are some things hard to be understood, which they...the other scriptures unto their own destruction." * And in these days it is too evident, that certain tenets, which have been imputed, and falsely imputed...

...darken counsel ; for they wrested the counsel of God ; 2 Pet. iii. 16. In Paul's epistles, saith he, "are some things hard to be understood, which they...unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." Some things in the Scriptures are hard to be known, and they are made harder...

...Peter, referring to the writings of bis colleague, St. Paul, affirms, that they contain " some thing* hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also tlte other Scriptures, unto their men deitruction." But what of that? Did St. Peter, perceiving this...

...epistles, speaking in them of those things : in whieh are some things hard to be understood, whieh they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other seriptures, unto their own destruetion. ( ej Isa. 22. 13. And behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen,...

...the long suffering of our Lord is salva" tion ; even as our beloved brother Paul, also, ac" cording to the wisdom given unto him, hath written "unto you;...unstable wrest, as they do also the other scrip"tures, to their own destruction." 2 Epistle in, 15, 16. That Peter here refcred very particularly to Romans...

...PETER iii. 15, 16. Even as our beloved brother Paul, also, according to the wisdom given unto him, bath written unto you, as also in all his epistles, speaking...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. . 166 — 189 .SERMON XII. Habit. JEREMIAH xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard...

...Paul, who wrote " according to the wisdom given unto him," at that time, the apostle Peter discovered " some things hard to be understood, which they that...unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, (not the epistolary writings) unto their own destruction." It would be well if this particular discrimination...

...epistles, speaking in them of these things; in whieh are some things hard to be understood, .whieh they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other seriptures, unto their own destruetion. - 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before,...

...scriptures daily. Jesus said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation...the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Is not my word like as afire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces...