...meekness instructing those that oppose them" selves; if God peradventure will give them repen" tance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that " they...Devil, who are taken captive by him at his " will."* • 2 Tim. ii. 24—26, ESSAY VIII. On the nature and design of the Mediatorial Office, sustained by...

...fall are liable, 1. To the thraldom of the devil, to be led about by him at his will. 2 Tim. ii. 26, And that they may recover themselves out of the snare...the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2. TII judiciary blindness of mind,and a reprobate sense. Rom. xi. 8, God hath given them the spirit...

...peradventure will give ^£TaT,otav ' eig envyvutov afythem repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. ^y at his will. 26 Kat ex TOD vn avrov £ig To exeiVer. 24. — 1. And the tenant of the Lord must...

...one scripture more for the proof of the subject, and that is in 2 Tim. ii. ult. * And that they might recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.' The Greek word that is here rendered recover themselves, signifies ta awake themselves ; the apostle...

...works in the children of disobedience: he holds them in his snare, and leads them at his pleasure. " If God peradventure will give them repentance to the...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." The devils have erected a sort of empire and government among themselves, as appears from what the...

...stood at his right hand was the very enemy that drew him into that conspiracy ; as it is recorded, " that they may recover themselves out of the snare...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will," 2 Tim. ii. 26. Ahimaaz. Why sure the cursed wretch did not drag the poor soul into rebellion, and then...

...give them repentance to' " the acknowledging of the truth, and that they " may recover themselves from the snare of the " devil, who are taken captive by him at his will."3~ ' Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true rc' pentance, and his Holy Spirit, &c.'4 «...

...against his wiles and temptations. Timothy is divinely directed to instruct such as oppose the gospel, "that they may recover themselves out of the snare...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." Paul exhorts himself and his christian brethren to exercise mutual forgiveness, "Lest, says he, Satan...

...same time to engage the obedience of Christians, than this double inscription. No. 557. — ii. 26. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him «t his mil~] In order to understand this beautiful jmage it is proper to observe that the word signifies...

...devil, but resist him, st»drast in the faith, he will flje tram us. But it is difficult for them to recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. (r) If any man, that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, of a railer,...