2: 20-22; but that very vomit that once
thou wert turned from, now thou lappest up again,
Seest thou a man that heretofore had the knowledge of God, and that
had some awe of majesty upon him; seest thou such a one sporting
himself in his own deceivings, Rom. 1:30, 31, "turning the grace of
God into lasciviousness, and walking after his own ungodly lusts?
His judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and his damnation
slumbereth not." 2 Pet. 2:13.
Dost thou hear, barren professor? It is astonishing to see how those
who once seemed sons of the morning, and were making preparations
for eternal life, now at last, for the rottenness of their hearts,
by the just judgment of God are permitted, being past feeling, "to
give themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness
with greediness." Eph. 4:18, 19. A great number of such were in the
first gospel days; against whom Peter and Jude and John pronounce
the just judgment of God. 2 Pet. 2:3-8; Jude 5-8. Barren fig-tree,
dost thou hear? These are beyond all mercy; these are beyond all
promises; these are beyond all hopes of repentance; these have no
intercessor, nor any more share in the one sacrifice for sin. For
these there remains nothing but a fearful looking for of judgment.
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