...there would arise in the world wicked men who should deny this truth. " There shall * Acts, i. 2, ! come 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...

...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...

...church shall be in 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...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...

...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...

...bold and daring in their unbelief, and prove the truth and correctness of the apostle's prediction, ' There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking...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...

...spoken before by the holy Prophets, and of the commandment of us the Apostles of our Lord and Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days Scoffers, walking after their own lusts." The prophecy here spoken of is probably that famous prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem which...

...righteousness shall shine forth as the sun, for ever and ever." SERMON XX. 2 PETER, CHAP. III. VERSE 3. Know'mg this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. A VERY little acquaintance with human nature will inform ns, that there are few men who can patiently...

...depart 'from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils."— 2 Tim. iv. 1. " Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last...their own lusts, and saying, ' Where is the promise of hie coming ?' "-—2 Peter iii. 3. " He answered me then and said. Measure thou the time diligently...

...perfection of the law, the certainty of judgment, aad the punishment of the world to come. The apostle says, There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking...their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of Christ's coming to judgment ; for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from...