...2PKT,iii. 15, 16. Even at our beloved brother Paul also, according unto -the wisdom given unto kirn, hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles,...unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also the other scrip. lures, to their own destruction. p. 1 SERMON II. LUKE xxiii. 43. And Jesus said unto him, Ferily...

...to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles} speaking in tfiem of these things : in which are some things hard to...unlearned and unstable, wrest, as they do also the other scrip" tures, to their own destruction. p. 1 SERMON II. LUKE xxiii. 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily...

...touchstone of truth, and see if it be not a contradiction in terms. " Even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written...unto their own destruction," '2 Pet. iii. 15, 16. Now this divine owned that I did not wrest the scriptures, for he could not contradict what I said;...

...And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written...the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. Yc therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also being led away with...

..."And account that the long"suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved "brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto "him, hath written...the other ^scriptures, unto their own destruction." To clear this testimony, some few things must be observed. (1.) That Peter wrote his second epistle...

..."And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved "brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto "him, hath written...the other "scriptures, unto their own destruction." To clear this testimony, some few things must be observed. ( 1 .) That Peter wrote his second epistle...

...as our beloved brother Paul also, ac" cording to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto yon; " as also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these...the other " Scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, " seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also being " led away with...

...particular passages. An apostle of our Lord has declared, that, in the Epistles of St. Paul, there are some things hard to be understood, which they...Scriptures, unto their own destruction. (2 Pet. iii. 16.) Here we are taught that the Scriptures have their difficulties ; that, without serious attention...

...unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judgedof all." And Peter tells us, that in Paul's epistles there are some things hard to be understood, which they...unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, '2 Peterfii. 16. :' The heart of the wise teacheth his- mouth," saith my text, " and addeth learning...

...unto you : as also in all his Epistles, SPEAKING IN THEM OF THESE THINGS ; Iff WHICH ARE SOMETHINGS HARD TO BE UNDERSTOOD, which -they that are unlearned...as they do also , the other Scriptures, unto their mini destruction f. Now what are these OBSCURE PARTS in St. Paul's Epistles, here characterized, but...