...shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ; the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. Seeing...shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for, and tasting unto, the coming of the day...

...from that which now is, yet as to substance it is the same; and though at thf general conflagration, the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up, and a new earth \\ill rise up out of it ; yet the same as to matter and substance, only different as...

...Would that we had taken home to ourselves with greater seriousness than we did, the solemn counsel, ' Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of...

...but dwell upon verse 12. Here is the practical result of the revelation given us from heaven, — " Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and Beloved, may you and I answer this in all faithfulness to the Lord,...

...shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day...

...from his presence — not as before, like the smoke of a furnace, but sueh as must be expected, when the earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up* : — he will come, — not, as before, to pronounce his laws, but to take vengeance on those who shall...

...sufferings, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 2 Pet. iii. 11. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. • * Ver. 12. Looking for and hasting to the coming...

...Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, &c. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? 2 Pet. iii. io, 11." 203 CHAP. IX. OF LEAVING OUR CALLINGS....

...shall melt with fervent heat ; the earth 'c also, and the works that are therein, shall 'c be burned up. Seeing then that all these things " shall be dissolved, what manner of persons " ought ye to be in all holy conversation and " godliness, looking for and hastening unto THE " DAY OF GOD. Nevertheless...

...that exhortation of the Apostle take place with us, (with which I shall conclude) 2 Pet. iii. 11, 12. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness ; Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of...