...will give them repentence to the acknowl" edging of the truth ; and that they may recover them" selves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken " captive by him at his will."t 1 Cor. xv. 24—28. f 2 Tim. ii. 24—26. ESSAY VIII. On the nature and design of the mediatorial...

...exhorts Timothy " In meekness to instruct those that oppose " themselves, if peradventure GOD would give them " repentance to the acknowledging of the...devil, who are taken captive by him at his " wilL" Without repentance, therefore, it is as plain and -'ear, as the testimony of CHRIST and his apostles...

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...fall are liable, 1. To the thraldom of the devil, to be led about by him at his will. 2 Tim. ii. 26, And that they may recover themselves out of the snare...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2. TII judiciary blindness of mind,and a reprobate sense. Rom. xi. 8, God hath given them the spirit of...

...Prince and a Savir, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.' So in 2 Tim. ii. 25. ' In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves...them repentance to the -acknowledging of the truth.' It is not in the power of any mortal to repent at his own pleasure.* Some ignorant deluded souls vainly...

...they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 76. '< 2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves...them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. i Zech. xii. 10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the...

...though it were otherwise, yet they are directed to carry it benevolently towards others who may err : " In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves...them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth*." Finally : There is an important differense between rasing the foundation, and building upon that foundation...

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...works in the children of disobedience: he holds them in his snare, and leads them at his pleasure. " If God peradventure will give them repentance to the...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." The devils have erected a sort of empire and government among themselves, as appears from what the...

...stood at his right hand was the very enemy that drew him into that conspiracy ; as it is recorded, " that they may recover themselves out of the snare...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will," 2 Tim. ii. 26. Ahimaaz. Why sure the cursed wretch did not drag the poor soul into rebellion, and then...