| Thomas M'Crie - 1836 - 422 Seiten
...slavish love, or anger ; to these passions we pay a voluntary homage, by wilfully indulging them. But " of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage." Fear unmans the person. It locks up all the senses — it paralyses both body and soul... | |
| Thomas Wood - 1837 - 228 Seiten
...reason of his moral defection, in servitude to sin, and under its domijiion. The Apostle Peter asserts, that " of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." St. Paul adds, " His servants ye are to whom ye obey :" and, " Ye were the servants of sin." While... | |
| Mennonites - 1837 - 540 Seiten
...whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? — (Rom. 6: 16.) And Peter saith, For of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. (2 Pet. 2: 19.) In this conflict is set before us, as Moses set before the children of Israel, LIFE... | |
| 1837 - 324 Seiten
...live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 3: 3. There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, nnd saying, Where... | |
| John Jebb - 1837 - 512 Seiten
...wicked persons: "While they promise freedom, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for, of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." But the holy and religious person has broken these fetters : has cast off the yoke of sin, and become... | |
| John Pring - 1837 - 424 Seiten
...live in error. WHILE THEY PROMISE THEM LIBERTY, THEY THEMSELVES ARE THE SERVANTS OP . CORRUPTION ; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage" (Pet. II. ii. 18, 19). " They corrupt other and speak of wicked blasphemy ; (says the Psalmist) their... | |
| Church of England preacher - 1837 - 632 Seiten
...reflected to the sensual and the worldly minded ? " Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin." " For of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." Then the image is that of a captive, that of a slave, but nevertheless it is your own. Ye hate the... | |
| Auguste Louis Philippe Rochat - 1837 - 284 Seiten
...that were unstable, " promising them liberty while they themselves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought into bondage." 2 Pet. ii. 18, 19. While the carnal nature is still strong in the believer, and not... | |
| Edward Hare - 1837 - 408 Seiten
...Adam, Satan obtained a power over him which before he did not possess ; according to that maxim, " Of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage," 2 Pet. ii, 19. Before the sin of man, Satan had no access to his mind or imagination,... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 Seiten
...saith an apostle, " while they promise them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption ; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage." And are they not overcome ? They may not at present be conscious of their bondage :... | |
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