...converts the ungodly, and that whereby he damns the reprobate, to be the same judgment : saying, " For the time is come that judgment must begin at the...scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ?" In which passage Peter touched upon that of Proverbs xi. 31, "Behold, the righteous...

...converts the ungodly, and that whereby he damns the reprobate, to be the same judgment : saying, " For the time is come that judgment must begin at the...shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of (iod? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ?" In which...

...impenitent in another world, because they deserve it. The apostle Peter reasons in this manner. ' ' For the time is come, that judgment must begin at...: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end of them be, that obey not the gospel of God ? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the...

...through, and then the case is fully determined, that holiness is the safer path ; it is 1 Pet. iv. 17, " If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them, that obey not the gospel of God ?" He argues thence, to shew the doleful condition d' impenitent sinners ; if it be so with us, what...

...time and eternity. " For if judgment must begin at the house of God, what shall the end be of them who obey not the gospel of God ? and if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ?" At all events, whatever may be said in reference to some other subjects of investigation,...

...time and eternity. " For if judgment must begin at the house of God, what shall the end be of them who obey not the gospel of God ? and if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear ?" At all events, whatever may be said in reference to some other subjects of investigation,...

...''The time is come, says he, that judgment must begin at the heuee of God ; nnd if Ц first begin with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? And if the righteous •careely be wved. where »hall the ungodly nod the «inner appear ?'' Sincethe upostle repeatedly...

...premises, we have another account to make concerning the prosperity of the wicked : " For if judgment first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God ?" that is the question of the Apostle, and is the great instrument of comfort to persons ill-treated...

...Gospel is founded in temporal adversity; it is directly a covenant of sufferings and sorrows ; for now " the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God." That is the sense and design of the text ; and I intend it as a direct antimony to the common...

...ecclesiastical discipline, in an especial manner, upon unworthy pastors, following the maxim. of St. Peter — ' The time is come, that judgment must begin at the house of God ?' (1 Pet. iv. 17,) Invested with the authority, which Christ has conferred upon him, the true...