...nature inflects upward, what is called the. pcnnltimatc member of a sentence. Notice the following:— Beloved! be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is With the Lord as a thousand years', and a thousand years as one day. We here have thousand years assuming the rising...

...VOL. II. DECEMBER, 1826. o. 12. A SERMON FOR THE LAST DAY OP THE YEAR. II. PETER, in. 8. /•';;', beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Ijord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. There is a real and wide difference between...

...kept in store, [by fire] reserved unto -fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day jar with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." See Mede's Works, p. 534,...

...word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that...his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance....

...years as one day. This difficulty is solved by the connexion of our text with the following verses: 'Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that...years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, out is long-suffering to usward, not willing [that any should...

...Peter, iii. 8, we find that the apostle, after having spoken with regard to the final judgment, saith, " Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one...years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning itit promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should...

...the old prophets were come again to warn the wicked. His sermon was founded upon 2 Peter, iii. 8 : "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Having read the text, he closed the Bible, and,...

...are kept in store, reserved unto kfire against the day of judgment and perdition 4 of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,' that ! one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 1 except that. Ham. 2 wilfully. Cr. 3 Gr. consisting...

...before its accomplishment, to make this an objection to its credibility, indicates a wilful ignora nee of this one thing, "that one day is with the Lord...thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The delay which seems to hare taken place is no impeachment of the prophecy, but a token of divine forbearance....

...fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation ;" he said unto them, " But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." 2 Pet. iii. 8. Many persons have eagerly laid...