...out." " Repentance towards God, and faith towards " our Lord Jesus Christ." — " If peradvcn'ture God will " give them repentance, to the acknowledging...devil, who are taken captive by him at his " will V If it please God to give repentance to an opposer of bis gospel, he will then acknowledge the truth,...

...asserted in love: (2 Tim. i. 13.) and " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those...them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth." These directions to those who embark in controversy, are too frequently forgotten by polemical writers;...

...by the Apostle to Timothy — The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; — if ever Minister had the furniture needful for him . who serves the Sanctuary under the Evangelical Dispensation,...

...knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of God must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those...God peradventure will give them repentance to the ackiiowleging of the truth." " He taught publicly, and from house to house, testifying repentance toward...

...themselves ; if God perad venture will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth: 26 And toot they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. CHAP. III. Enemies of the truth described. THIS know also, that in the last days, perilous times shall...

...occasion of offence, where there is none : let them learn of their great Master in meekness, to instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging cf the 44, 45 truth ; (2 Tim. ii. 25.) Our Lord expressly asserts the necessity of being taught and...

...upon this encouragement that St. Paul recommends the ufe of proper means to reclaim the obftinate : if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tim. ii. 25. Regeneration alfo, in which faith and repentance and other graces are implanted, is...

...gentle towards all men, patient, and apt to teach, in meeknefs inftructing thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; that they may be faved." I fhall only add here, that another and moft important mean to be ufed is...

...God. Authorised Version. And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those...out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive bj him at his will. This passage, as at present printed, scarcely gives the English reader an accurate...

...they do engender Strifes — And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in Meekness instructing those...God, peradventure, will give them Repentance to the acknowledgment of Truth ; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are...