 | English essays - 1769 - 760 pages
...beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteoufaefs, than after thejr have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered...unto them. But it happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog it turned to his own vomit again, and the low that is wafhed to the wallowing... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 448 pages
...gives the reafon, $ 21. For it had been better fir them not to have known the may ofrightcoufnefs, than after they have kno-wn it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them, And St. John calls this fin of apoftafy, the fln unto death : and tho- he do not forbid Chriftians... | |
 | William Shepheard - Sermons, English - 1748 - 410 pages
...them than the Beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the Way of Right eoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them (I). Z 3 THESE SERM. THESE PafTages arc too clear to be eluded, too ftrong to be withftood. They abundantly... | |
 | Francis Fox - 1748 - 598 pages
...than the beginning. 21. For. it had been s better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered ' unto them. 22. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The u dog is turned to his own vomit... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 470 pages
...z Pet. ii. 21. It had been better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs , than afeer they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them, fpeaking in all probability of thofe who were feduced by the errors of the Gnofticks, from the purity... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1748 - 414 pages
...Peter fays, 2d epift. ii. 21. It -were better for them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs, than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment. But after all there is no other remedy ; repent they muft or perifh. Tho' the fcripture fpeaks but... | |
 | Jeremiah Seed - Sermons, English - 1750 - 336 pages
...can we think indeed, but that it had been better for them not to have known the way of Righteoufnefs, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them. Let their Danger fuggeft to us the Means of our own Security : And let us not entertain a mean Opinion... | |
 | Nathanael Torriano (the elder.) - Intermarriage - 1757 - 228 pages
...than the Beginning, becaufe it had been better for them not' to have known the Way of Righteoufnefs, than after they have known it to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them ; in as much as by fo doing they reject the Covenant of Grace and Mercy in Chrift. But, as the former... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 482 pages
...gives the reafon, " for it had been better for " them not to have known the way of righteoufnefs, " than after they have known it, to turn from the " holy commandment delivered unto them." And St. John calls this fin of apoftafy, the " fin unto " death ;" and though he do not forbid Chriftians... | |
 | John Conybeare - Sermons, English - 1757 - 554 pages
...them than the Beginning; for it had heen hetter for them not to have known the Way of Righteoufnefs, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them. [2 Pet. ii. ao, »'•] To the WEAK I would addrefs myfelf, in order to ftrengthen and confirm them.... | |
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For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them... 
