 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 362 pàgines
...been better for them (says St. Peter of such characters) not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." * And St. Jude declares of such, that to them is " reserved th« * 2 Pet. ii. 21. " blackness of darkness... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1831 - 516 pàgines
...worse with them than the beginning: For it had been better they had not known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." O, my beloved sister, may this never be your sad case! "My heart's desire and prayer to God for you... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pàgines
...them than the beginning; for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto themk. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift,... | |
 | 1823 - 314 pàgines
...them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have Known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Christ's coming '^to set a man at vai iance against his father, and the daughter against her mother,... | |
 | 1826 - 302 pàgines
...for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after VOL. VI. 3 St> Christian Repository. they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Now the believer in endless misery supposes that those who have never known the way of righteousness,... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pàgines
...them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to 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 according to the true proverh, The dog has turned to his own vomit again; and... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 656 pàgines
...to himself. Otherwise, " it had been better for them not to " have known the way of righteousness, than " after they have known it, to turn from the holy " commandment delivered unto them. " OMICRON. ON DREAMING. Dear Madam, T THANK you for your obliging letter, and -*- would be thankful... | |
 | Andrew Ramsay - 1821 - 500 pàgines
...than the beginning. For it had " been better for them not to have known " the way of righteousness, than, after " they have known it, to turn from the " holy commandment delivered unto " them." Alas ! how melancholy is the ' reflection, that there should be in the world persons possessed of the... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pàgines
...has come into the world." " For it were better for them not to have known the ways of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." The faculties of our minds were given us to be employed in seeking to find out God, not indeed to perfection,... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pàgines
...remembering these texts, " For it bad been better for thara not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered uato them." — " To whom much is given, of him much will be required." You have beau taught the principles... | |
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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... 
