...continuance of it that you now have. If you look into 1 Peter, 3 : 19, 20, you there find that Christ " went and preached unto the spirits in prison ; which sometime...when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah." The meaning of which is, that in the days before the flood, Christ by his Spirit strove...

...Christ's preaching to them by the Spirit, was evidently in the Days of their Flesh ; even then when they were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the Days of Noah, while the A rk was preparing. Noah was a Preacher of Righteousness to that Generation, and their rejecting...

...Which fometime " were difobedient, when once the Long-fufcc fering of God waited in the Days of Noaht " while the Ark was preparing, wherein a " few, that is, eight Souls, were faved by " Water." §. i. In all the Difpenfations of Providence, and God's Inflictions of Punifhments...

...preached to the Spirits in Prifon, which fometime were difobedient, lichen once the Long- fuffenng of God waited in the Days of Noah while the Ark was preparing, wherein few, that is eight, Souls were faved by Water. Chrift, by his Spirit in NOAH, a Preacher of Righteoufnefs...

...Prifon, 420 DISCOURSE XIX. Prifon, which were fometime dij "obedient, when once the Long- Buffering of God waited in the Days of Noah, while the Ark was preparing. Chrift preached to the Spirits in Prifon, /. e. to thofe heinous Sinners who are now Spirits in Prifon,...

...Spirit went an4 preached to thofe fpirits in prifon, who were difobedient, when the longbuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, ill Peter iii. 19, 20. This may be further illuftrated from the inftance of Cain and Abel. Cain Sew...

...preached unto the foirits in priibn ; which fpmetiine were difobedient, when once the long-fuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, &c. But this conftruction is inconfiftent with the letter of the text, which fpeaks exprefsly of "...

...the Jamily of Jefus Chrift in the Ark of the Church by the waters of Baptifm : the long fuff'ering of God waited in the days of Noah, •while the ark was preparing, wherein few, that is eight fouls were fayed by 'water. A like figure whereunto, even Baptifin doth now fave...

...i Pet. iii. St. Peter tells us, they were difobedient, when once -the "pet. ii. e. lon&fuffenn£ of God waited in the days of Noah, while 'the ark was preparing ; that is (as is collected by feveral interpreters from the text of .the ftory) durGen. T!. 3. ing...

...employed while it was there; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit." " By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, which sometime were disobedient." The interpretation of this whole passage turns upon the expression " Spirits in prison;" the sense...