 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 Seiten
...which the Apostle remarks, " 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."f II. It will be proper for me now to consider an objection, which may possibly be urged against... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 Seiten
...and aggravated doom. It would have 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 to them. If. you were forced to run for your lives, you would be very thoughtful about the event. But... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 Seiten
...dreadful place, 2 Pet. ii. 21. 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. Is not the wrath of God certainly to be revealed agamst all those, who know not God, and obey not the... | |
 | John Newton - 1809 - 312 Seiten
...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." OMICRONON DREAMING. DEAR. MADAM, I THANK you for your obliging letter, and would be thankful to the... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 414 Seiten
...holds up the same warning — " 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 to them." Remarkable are the words of our Saviour to his Apostles, when he sent them forth to preach... | |
 | 1810 - 480 Seiten
...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 has happened unto them according to the true proverb, "The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1810 - 272 Seiten
...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 proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 Seiten
...or remedy ning. Ver. 21. 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. Ver. 22. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The~dog is turned to his own vomit... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 550 Seiten
...(says an apostle, 2 Pet. ii. 21.) had it been for some not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have .known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them." The great aim and business of the Gospel is, by teaching more worthy and exalted sentiments... | |
 | David Savile - 1810 - 440 Seiten
...than the be" ginning ; for it had been better for them " not to have known the way of righteous" ness, than after they have known it, to " turn from the holy commandment deli" vered unto them ; but it is happened un*' to them according to the true proverb, — " The dog... | |
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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... 
