| 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
...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 world,...known the way of righteousness, than . after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according... | |
| Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...they have escaped the pollutions oT the world thro" the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour JesusChrist, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the...been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, aficr they have kuo\vn it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."... | |
| 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
...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...again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end_ is worse with them than the beginning. 2 1 For it had been better for them not to have known the... | |
| 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,...have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them... | |
| 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...have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. If we sin wilfully after we have... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...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 world,...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 392 '21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...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... | |
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