...former evil courses, casting the fear of God behind his back. He returns, like " the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire," 2 Pet. ii. 22. The conduct of Manasseh was very different, and affords a lesson for penitents in all...

...had done : so I spake not to him. Chr. Well, at my first setting out, I had hopes of that roan ; but now I fear he will perish in the overthrow of the city : for it hath happened to him according to the 1 Jer. xxix. 18, 19. true proverb,- " The dog is turned to his...

...spake not to him. Chr. Well, at my first setting out I had hopes of thut man, -but now I fear he wiil perish in the overthrow of the city. For it has happened...according to the true proverb, " The dog is turned to. 1'is vomit again; and the sow that was washed, to her .wallowing in the mire (b)." Faith. They are...

...unto them. But it has 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 reference to this sin that John writes in his first epistle, "If...

...apostle, — " it has happened to 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 Pet. ii. 22.) V. Lastly : If the behaviour of one of these men who were condemned to suffer death at...

...or formed a resolution ; and it happens to them according to the true proverb, The dog is returned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. 3. How wide the difference between conviction and conversion ! Many, as in the...

...happened to them according to the true proverb," as St. Peter says, " the dog is turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire :" 2 Pet. ii. 22. The sick penitent, therefore, should be often reminded of this : — That nothing will...

...overcome ; turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them ; and so like the dog return to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire, 2 Pet. ii. 19—22. And our Lord in the parable of the sower shews, that men may " receive the word with...

...was delivered unto them, for it is happened unto them' according to the true proverb ; The dog- if turned to his vomit again, and the sow that Was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Thus it must be more than obvious, that they who deny the authority of the Old...

...are not brought in, to the end that we should thereby take a boldness to sin, presuming on the mercy and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2 Pet. ii. 20—22. 0 All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy...