 | James Blair - 1740 - 428 pages
...Peter fays, in Allufion, I think, to this Text, it happens to them according to the true Proverb : 'The Dog is turned to his own Vomit again ; and the Sow tha1 was wa/bed, to her wallowing in the Mire, 2 Pet. ii. 22. But now, alas, befides thefe three forts,... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 pages
...the Holy Commandment delivered unto them. But it happened unto them according to the tru* Proverb, the Dog is turned to his own Vomit again, and the Sow that was wafhed, to her wallowing in the Mire. Dealer. xvii. i 2. And the Man that will do prel'umptuoufly,... | |
 | 1796 - 612 pages
...the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." 2. Peter ii. 20 — 22. Lastly, it must be with reference to this sin that... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 338 pages
...unsanctified human nature remains the same ? Have we not read in holy writ that the dog will return " to his own vomit again ; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire ? " When the scotched snake recovers, does it not use its poisoned fangs ? Why... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 494 pages
...Lev. xi. 13. These are they which ye shaU have in abomination among the Jowls — the owl and thq bat. 2 Pet. ii. 22. The dog is turned to his own, vomit again, and the sow that was washed, to, . her wallowing in the mire: LESSON III, SHIPS ON taB SEA. THE ships sail upon the great and sea, whose waves... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 302 pages
...This is illustrated in the following words. — It happened unto them according to the true proverb ; the dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. These practices are loathsome : but they are no more than a sign of the more... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and, The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." And many such there have been in all ages of the church. But those who so run... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. CHAP. III. CERTAINTY OF JUDGMENT. THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write... | |
 | 1805 - 298 pages
...to increase the number of those sorrowful examples, which, justify the strong and antient proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that teas washed to her wallowing in the mire. These examples, therefore, serve to convince us, more entirely,... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...proverbs, which the learned generally suppose to have been from some comic writer' whose works are lost, ' The dog is turned to his own vomit again, ' and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the ' mire.' ? Did not Maury recollect these, and many others ; or had rancour benumbed... | |
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb : The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 
