...unit made the law ; the majority, superior force, the king, governs him ; he is a servant to man ; for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought into bondage. 2 Pet. 2 : 19. Man therefore, politically, is not only not born free, but can necessarily...

...ii. 19,) ' ' While they promise liberty to others, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." So when they heard the Lord say to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye shall...

...declaration, that " to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey," " that of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." III. The foregoing remarks suggest many most important practical inferences. From them we may learn...

...well-mouthed praise of a blessing, they are unqualified to enjoy, remain themselves the servants of sin ! for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. The serious consideration of the question in this light, may not, perhaps, by the wise man of this...

...voice, forbade the madness of the prophet," 2 Pet. 2: 16 ;J and again, " for I know it is written, that of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage," v. 19.§ In a letter of Firmilian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, written about AD 256, directed...

...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...

...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;...

...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...

...; 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...

...to all 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...