We get but few glimpses into other worlds. What we have seen of them suggests that their moral history strongly resembles our own. Sin and suffering, holiness and joy these seem to be the words which measure all moral development, and describe all moral conditions.
I. Angels sinned: then (1) earthly circumstances are not the cause of rebellion; (2) the flesh is not the only occasion of sin; (3) nearness to God is not inviolable safety.
II. "God spared not," etc.: then (1) righteousness is not a variable quantity; (2) law is not partially administered; (3) suffering can never be dissociated from sin.
Parker, City Temple,vol. i., p. 61.
References: 2 Peter 2:4. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xvi., p. 931; vol. xxxi., No. 1820; Homilist,3rd series, vol. iv., p. 108.