| Jean Siffrein Maury - Eloquence - 1807 - 298 pages
...proverbs, which the learned generally suppose to have been from some comic writer' whose works are lost, ' The dog is turned to his own vomit again, ' and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the ' mire.' ? Did not Maury recollect these, and many others ; or had rancour benumbed... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 304 pages
...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...own vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire/"f " There are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 592 pages
...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...own vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."t '• There are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained... | |
| Christian biography - 1810 - 480 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 564 pages
...profligate ; and, to use the homely but serious reprehension of the apostle, — " it has happened to them according to the true proverb ; The dog is turned...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... | |
| Andrew Fuller - Theology, Doctrinal - 1810 - 272 pages
...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...is turned to his own vomit again ; and the sow that swas washed to her wallowing in the mire\. Lastly : Ij must be with reference to this sin that John... | |
| David Savile - Revelation - 1810 - 440 pages
...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...vomit again, " and the sow that was washed, to her wal" lowing in the mire *." And to correct a similar abuse which some were then making of the grace... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 502 pages
...return to them again, and become as they were before. This is illustrated in the following words. — It happened unto them according to the true pro-verb...turned. to his own vomit again ; and the sow that wan washed to her -wallowing ui the, mire. These practices are loathsome; but they are no more than... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 472 pages
...are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls — the owl and the bat. 2 Pet. ii. 22. The dog is turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. LESSON III. THE SHIPS ON THE SEA. THE ships sail upon the great and wide sea,... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...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 again ; and, The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 1 2 Kings v. 26. And he said unto him, (Gehazi,) Went not mine heart with thee,... | |
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