But the vengeance suspended over the wicked ought to keep the elect in fear and watchfulness. He speaks of deeds and words , Because their corrupters did much evil, not only by their wicked life, but also by their impure and false speech. And their words were hard , on account of the refractory audacity, by which, being elated, they acted insolently. (199) (199) There seems to be a want of due order in the 15 th verse; the execution of judgment is mentioned first, and then the conviction of the ungodly; but it is an order which exactly corresponds with numberless passages in Scripture: the final action first, and then that which lends to it. — Ed . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/cal— Calvin's Commentaries (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological