...shall " not come, except there come a falling " a-tuay Jint ;" and in 2 Pet. ii. 3. St. Peter says, " There shall come in the " last days scoffers walking...own lusts, and saying, where is the " promise of his coming." It is these apostates so spoken of beforehand to whom St. Jude here alludes. (i) " Destroyed...

...of infidelity on the earth. There is now a remarkable fulfillment of 2 Pet. 3 : 3. " Knowing this, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts." And Jude, 17, 18. "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our...

...expectation. For now doubtless will be the greatest fulfilment of 2 Pet. iii. 3, 4. " Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking...their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of liis coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning...

...are kept in store, reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Bui, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." And it is to be considered, that the apostle...

...are kept in store, reserved unto fire against thé day of jndgmeut and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with thé Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as ooe day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning...

...sufficient number redeemed from among men. — If therefore any scoffers arise in these last days, " walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming ? for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were : we reply, " One...

...reading the Sd chapter of the 2d Epistle of Peter, where no say* at the 8th verse: "Beloved, be nol ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day i" it has struck me forcibly, that this* if taken...

...On re.iding the 3d chapter of the yd Epistle of Peter, where he says at the Stli verse: "Beloved.be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the L- r<l as a llioutand years, and a thousand years as one day ;" it has struck me forcibly, that this,...

...from the beginning. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ;" lt beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one...thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The interval between the prediction and the accomplishment, though a period of five centuries, is, in the...

...there would arise; in the world wicked men who should deny this truth. " There shall * Acts, j. ilcome in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, " Where is the promise of his Coming?" But to such presumptuous objectors the Apostle replies, by positively declaring the Certainty...