...conversation : not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts 3." And again : " Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner...persons ought we to be, in all holy conversation and godliness* ?" And St. John, with the same severity and perfection : " Every one that hath this hope,"...

...visible heavens and the material earth pass away, and " leave not a wreck behind." — " Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner...persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness." ESSAY III. The ANGLO-SAXON MONARCHY, from the Accession of to the Death of ALFRED. AD 827—...

...melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned np. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner...persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the Sou of God, wherein the heavens being on...

...hath done evil shall rise to the resurrection of damnation. Let us rather cry out with the apostle, what manner of persons ought we to be, in all holy conversation and godliness ? In a few years at longest, we shall all be what we have made ourselves here, sealed up,...

...impenitent amongst ourselves expect to escape ? Shall not the vengeance of the Lord overtake us also ? " Seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what...persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness !" Before the bolt falls, let us flee to the Throne of Mercy, and say, " Spare us, good Lord...

...bloom and flourish anew when the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all manner of holy conversation and godliness! " How few persons," proceeded the Countess, " rightly consider...

...escape ? Shall not the vengeance of the Lord overtake us also? " Seeing that all lho<jp thingsj shrill be dissolved, what manner of" persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness !" Before the bolt falls, let us flee to the Throne of Mercy, and say, " Spare us, good Lord...

...while thou art in thy cups and in thy drunkenness ? Now since these sudden soul-disasters may fall out, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness ? Who knows but within a few days a noisome disease may stop thy breath ? It did so to Herod....

...bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you *." Since then we have such expectations and such hopes ; what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness ? The ancient heathen might say, the unbelieving libertine may still say, Let us eat and...

...self-interrogation, which a remote prospect of the same termination awakened in the inspired mind of St. Peter : " Seeing that ALL THESE THINGS " shall be dissolved, WHAT MANNER of " persons ought WE TO BE *?" What man* 2 Pet, iii. 11. PROPHECY ner of persons ought WE, in common prudence, to be, that " when...