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...she could give of the truth of holy writ ? " Yourself, sir," said she, " is one. For it is written, ' There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,' " 2 Pet. iii. 3. Even Satan, when he tempted our Lord, though he dared to pervert, yet he never once...

...therefore, is to persuade themselves that it is a falsehood. The apostle Peter tells us, that there should come in the last days scoffers, walking after their...own lusts, and saying, " Where is the promise of his coming ?" This prediction has been exactly fulfilled, and has received a remarkable accomplishment...

...others of endless duration. The effect of these things upon the ungodly, was foretold by Peter : " There shall come in the last days, scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promisé of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, nil things continue as they were from the...

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...JBut this very unbelief fulfils the Scriptures. St. Peter says, • In the last days there shall be scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the...

...unbelief, and weak Christians are discouraged in their hope. Thus is fulfilled that prophecy — " There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and uaving, Where is the promise of his coming ': for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue...

...before by the holy prophet; and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Saviour — knowing this first, that there shall come in the last...own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of his coming." As to the consolation that is to be afforded to the doubting inquirer, it can never arise...

...not determined to reject it. ' passages from the third chapter of the second epistle of St. Peter: " Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last...own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? " — P. 103. Is this, then, the great event to which the creation is supposed to look forward,...

...she could give of the truth of holy writ? ' Yourself, Sir,' said she, ' is one;' for it is written, " There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. "....2 Pet. iii. 3. Even Satan, when he tempted our Lord, though he dared to pervert, yet he never...