...Scripture are thus described, — " the " despisers of those that do good, heady, " high-minded men, lovers of pleasure " more than lovers of God, having a form...godliness, but denying the power " thereof:" — from such, it is the Apostle's advice, " from such turn away." The virtuous, the religious, the serious part of...

...conceive, men are very .much mistaken. 'It is very true, that both St Paul and St Peter have foretold, that " in the last days perilous times shall come, for men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemous, &<•. without natural affections, truce-breakers,...

...enumerated among the causes of this evil. " This know," says Paul, in liis second Epistle to Timothy, " that in the last days perilous times shall come; for men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, having a form of Godliness, but denying the power...

...in them tiist rto <!'i".i. parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of...are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that...

...3.) And in the preceding chapter, (iii. 1—6.) saith, " in the last days perilous times shall coine: for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud," &c. " for of this sort are they which creep into houses and lead captive silly women :—ever learning,"...

...shall be lovers of their ownselves." This is selfishness, which, he proceeds to say, shall make men "covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient...parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady,...

...and know the truth." 1 Tim. iv. 1 — 3. Again, " This know also, that in the last days perilous time shall come, for men shall be lovers of their own selves,...incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, SECT. iv.] Nature of the Anttchristian apostacy. 207 traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures...

...blasphemers, disor bedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of...lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; they are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, they resist the truth,;...

...and know the truth." 1 Tim. iv. 1 — 3. Again, " This know also, that in the last days perilous time shall come, for men shall be lovers of their own selves,...natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontirient, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures...

...Enemies oftht tnith Jexribed. THIS know also, that in thé last lias s perilous times shall corne. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,...blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, . 3 Witliout natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, ins, cruels, ennemis des gens de bien...