Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.\par
of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, {\b The dog turning to his own vomit again,} and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.\par
and {\i then} fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
{\i in} journeyings often, {\i in} perils of rivers, {\i in} perils of robbers, {\i in} perils from {\i my} countrymen, {\i in} perils from the Gentiles, {\i in} perils in the city, {\i in} perils in the wilderness, {\i in} perils in the sea, {\i in} perils among false brethren;