| 1799 - 224 pages
...suppliant returns to his former evil courses, casting the fear of God behind his back. He returns, like " the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire," 2 Pet. ii. 22. The conduct of Manasseh was very different, and affords a lesson... | |
| George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...was not prevented. When the sense of sin was worn off, and the fears of hell abated, they ' returned like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.' ' A young gentleman, whose sensual lusts were extremely violent, procured an... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...second from a late har" vest, we lost half our crops. This overset all " my wisdom, and I returned, like the dog to his " vomit, and the sow that was washed, to ber wal" lowing in the mire.* " I now began to be known in the neighbour" hood as a maker of rhymes.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...the second, from a late harvest, we lost half our crops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned, like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.* • " I now began to be known in the neighbourhood as a maker of rhymes. The... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 540 pages
...and false comfort. But as these things die away, their old lusts revive, and. they by degrees return like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. They return to their sensual practices, to their worldly practices, to their... | |
| John Owen - 1813 - 644 pages
...them from the word, have all their lusts let loose unto rage and violence, and so return again with the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire, as 2 Pet. ii. 22. Secondly, With respect unto faitli itself. .This is evident... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1814 - 502 pages
...seeond from a late harvest, we lost half our erops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned ltke the dog to his vomit, and the so-w that was washed, to her wallowing in the mt'ret. " I now hegan to he known in the neighhourhood as a maker of rhymes. The first... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 544 pages
...and false comfort. But as these things die away, their old lusts revive, and by degrees they return like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. — They return to their sensual, worldly, proud, and contentious practices,... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1831 - 516 pages
...these boats were dreadful. With such scenes before their eyes, or reported on credible authority, it is almost impossible for the most thoughtless to be altogether...comparatively few. Through the tender mercies of our God, .1 b»ve been preserved without the least injury ; and have been enabled to attend to the sick in the... | |
| Walter Balfour - 1824 - 468 pages
...different thing from making men Christians. When many of these people get over their fright, they return like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. I am fully aware that to this it will be objected-:— is not everlasting life... | |
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