 | 1685 - 636 pages
...it may be truly faid, what St. Peter took of fome in his days,2 Efift. 2. 22. <It is happened unto them according to the true -proverb. The dog is turned to his own Demit again 5 and the fow that was wajbed to her wallowing in the mire. So hard a matter is k to cure... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 428 pages
...them, he is never the nearer ; for as St. Peter fays, in Allufion, I think, to this Text, it happens to them according to the true Proverb : 'The Dog is turned to his own Vomit again ; and the Sow tha1 was wa/bed, to her wallowing in the Mire, 2 Pet. ii. 22. But now, alas, befides thefe three... | |
 | James Duchal - 1753 - 460 pages
...known it to depart from the holy commandment once delivered to them : but it is happened unto thim according to the true proverb ; the dog is turned to his own vomit again, and the few, that was wajhed, to his -wallowing in the mire. To the fame purpofe, and probably of the fame... | |
 | Samuel Shaw - 1769 - 590 pages
...fame, and that their reformation and good behaviour was meerly external, ver. 22. " It is happened to them according to the true " proverb, the dog is turned to his vomit again, " and the fow tiiat was wafhed, to her wallowing " in the mire." Paul Paul tells Timothy,... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 506 pages
...known it to turn from the holy Commandment, [the Gofpel] delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true Proverb; The Dog is turned to his own Vomit ; and the Sow that was waftted [125] to her wallowing in the Mire.1' iii. 17, " Ye therefore, beloved,... | |
 | 1796 - 612 pages
...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 the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." 2. Peter ii. 20 — 22. Lastly, it must be with... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1797 - 356 pages
...rampant in them, as given up to vile affeftions, defiling the very outward man. It has happened 'unto them according to the true proverb, ' The dog is ' turned to his own vomit again t and, The fow that was ' wafhed, to her wallowing, in the mire,' 2 Pet. il. 22. O hackfliders ! your... | |
 | 1800 - 498 pages
...evidence of their being the fubjects of grace. But, as the apoltle James exprefles it, " It has happened to them, according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to bis own -vomit again ; and, the friiu that tvus iva/tefi, to her toallotving in the mire." We are not,... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 302 pages
...become • become as they were before. This is illustrated in the following words. — It happened unto them according to the true proverb ; the dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. These practices are loathsome : but they are no more... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. '22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and, The so\y that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. CHAP. III. OfCbrist's coming to judgment. ~~ HIS... | |
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb; The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and ; The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 
