...Jude quotes from a well-known Apocryphal book, called the " Book of Enoch." •"Enoch, also," he says, "the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold the Lord cometh with the thousand of his saints." This Apocryphal book is still extant, and contains an imaginary history...

...been preserved on record by the apostle Jude, in his 14th and 15th verses, is more encouraging : — " And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied...of these, saying, Behold! the Lord cometh, with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them...

...darkness, Jude, 13. you have an expression so strong and full, that nothing can exceed it ; " they are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." O that thick and disconsolate darkness that shall never be refreshed with the least star, no, not with...

...twice dead, (to be) plucked up by the roots; 13. Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shamej wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14. E* noch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometn with,...

...to that hell, which is a state and place of utter darkness. Wretched astronomers ! who are among the wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." We will conclude what we collect about the stars, with transcribing a passage out of the Miscellanea...

...their hearts; and though some of them have boasted themselves of their liberty, yet Jude calls them wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever, Jude 13. They are left, as I told you before, to be fugitives and vagabonds in the earth, to wander...

...let the subsequent description of them declare. Clouds without water. Trees whose fruit withereth. Twice dead. Plucked up by the roots. Raging waves...whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. If these are meant to imply eternal existence, th« propriety of scripture imagery cannot be defended...

...restraint1: clouds2 without water, carried aside3 by winds ; trees whose fruit withereth, 13 barren, twice dead, plucked up by the roots ; raging waves...foaming out their own shame ; wandering stars, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever. 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from' Adam, prophesied to...

...as this. In Jude, (vers. 14-, 15,) we read that Enoch prophesied concerning the day of judgment. " And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying-, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all ;" so that, upon some foundation or other, concerning...

...that shine for a time, and soon disappear ; or, to use the awful language of an apostle, they are " wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." In the character of the foolish virgins, there are three things observable, possession — deficiency...