...to whom the gofpel is revealed may do, and doth it not,*Jhall be beaten wilh many Jlripcs ; and fo it had been better for them not to have known the way of life, or to have had no covenant of grace tendered to them. For if they be not able by the grace which...

...\yith'indelible Reproach, The Condemnation of fuch is terrible indeed : for if after, they have ejcaped the Pollutions of the. World, through the Knowledge...entangled therein, and overcome ; the latter End is worfe with them than the Beginning : for it had been better for them not to have known the Way of Rightepufnefs,...

...that the Apoftle was cefcribing the prcfent times here ? For (vcr 20) ' if after they have * efcaped the pollutions of the world, through * the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jelus 1 Chr.ft, (that is the knowledge of a mere •niarj.) 1 they are again entangled therein and...

...after they [fallen believers, whom he does not call " pleafant," but curled children] have efcaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviopr Jejas Chrift, [that is, through true faith ] they are again entangled: therein, and overcome...

...acknowledge, " God is not the God of the dead, but of the living;" and that, " if after they have efeaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the• Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift,, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end: is worle with them than...

...converted fron» Heathen ifm loChriltianity. Ver. 20, " For it" fuch Chriftians " after they have elcaped the Pollutions of the World, through the Knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jefus С h rift, a re again ¡mangled therein,and overcome ; thelatterEndisworfs with them than the...

...they have escaped the pollutions oT the world thro" the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour JesusChrist, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the...been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, aficr they have kuo\vn it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."...

...Saviour Jefus Chrift, they *' are again entangled therein, and overcome; the *' latter end is worfe with them than the beginning. " 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 com*' mandment delivered unto...

...himfelf, will not retain God in their knowledge; if thofe that have been enlightened, and have efcaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Sa* John v 40. vicur viour Jefus Chrift; if they are again entangled therein, and are finally loft;...

...ini" quity, that we have committed, we shall " die." St. Peter is very express on this head: — " If, after they have escaped the " pollutions of the...latter end is " worse with them than the beginning." We must, therefore, continue our exertions to the end of our course, we must fight the good fight to...