...if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and...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...

...have entered again into the world, and are more distinguished by its vices and follies than before. " For if after they have escaped the pollutions *.*..." therein, and overcome ; the latter end is worse than " the beginning." Mark the falls of good men themselves, who have been " recovered from the snare...

...world, through the knowledge of Christ, &c. — and yet are again entangled therein. And saith he, it had been better for them not to have known the...of righteousness, than after they have known it, to tarn from, &c.. ('4 Pet. i. 9. and ii. 20. to the end,) how could they have forgot that which they...

...for of whom a man is overeome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 30 For if after they haveeseaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overeome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them...

...wicked, it is said they have not faith, and their consciences are defiled. — 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. " If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world,...have known the way of righteousness, than after they had known.it, to turn irom the holy commandment delivered unto them." On this text it is proper to...

...against the doctrine of the saints' perseverance, is taken from 2 Pet. ii. 20 — 22. For if after thei; have escaped the pollutions of the world, through...entangled therein, and overcome ; the latter end is ivorse with them than the beginning; and they are said in the following verse, to turn from the holy...

...more sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrible expectation of judgment. Heb. x. 26. and St. Peter, It had been better for them not to have known the...they have known it to turn from the holy commandment which was given them. 2. Peter, ii. 21. King Pharoah sinned grievously herein, when so often admonished...

...thfc world through the knowledge of the Lord aw! Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again C!itIin'iliid therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with...For it had been better for them not to have known tiie way of righteousness, than, afrer th*y have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered...

...much wantonness, (or to lasciviousness) those who were clean escaped from them that live in error: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the...known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it is happened to them according to the true proverb, — the dog is turned to his own...

...impediment in it's way. For of persons so circumstanced the Apostle may be understood, where he says, " if after they have " escaped the pollutions of the...they are again " entangled therein and overcome;" or, as it may be expressed, in immediate reference to our present subject ; if, after having been sanctified...