| John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 498 pages
...to turn his back upon it. So St. Peter tells us, 2 Pet. ii. 20, 2i. " For if after they have efcaped the pollutions " of the world, through the knowledge...entangled therein and overcome ; the latter " end is worfe with them than the beginning ; for " it had been better for them not to have known " the way... | |
| Andronicus - 1790 - 350 pages
...\yith'indelible Reproach, The Condemnation of fuch is terrible indeed : for if after, they have ejcaped the Pollutions of the. World, through the Knowledge...entangled therein, and overcome ; the latter End is worfe with them than the Beginning : for it had been better for them not to have known the Way of Rightepufnefs,... | |
| Missions - 1796 - 612 pages
...despite unto the spirit of grace ?" Ch. x. 26, 27, 28, 29. "Peter also describes the same characters : " For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than . after they have... | |
| George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 pages
...ini" quity, that we have committed, we shall " die." St. Peter is very express on this head: — " If, after they have escaped the " pollutions of the...latter end is " worse with them than the beginning." We must, therefore, continue our exertions to the end of our course, we must fight the good fight to... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if, afterthey have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus... | |
| John Fletcher - 1899 - 612 pages
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| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...spirit and in truth. 2. There must be continuance in well-doing. It is said, 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21, 22, " If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world,...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of...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 known it,... | |
| John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...classes, we may turn to those remarkable expressions of St. Peter and St. Paul :.... " If, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For, it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known... | |
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