...KtetlaJat persuasion -. but tlie greater part of the state is without ministers of any denomination. Ihe lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life. Therefore, whatever has any tendency to impair that purity, is not to be be tolerated, much less...

...words as I can. Elegance of style is not to be weighed against purity (j|7 heart ; purity both from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life. Therefore, whatever lias a tendency to impair that purity, is not to be tolerated, much less...

...dreadful tyrant scarcely visible in the back ground, to chain them down to this pa-sent evil world, by " the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life." ' But who, you will say, is that personage of amiable dignity, which pppears considerably above...

...power, none shall pluck them thence ; there is always something plucking at Christ's sheep, the devil, the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life, all try to pluck them out of Christ's hr.nd. O my brethren, they need not pluck us, for we help...

...and the same object, namely, our destruction. In the class of worldly temptations are comprehended " the lusts of the " flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of " life;" that is, the objects of these lusts. The desires both of the flesh and of the mind, au incalculable...

...subversion of the kingdom of " the god of this world," of which " the things that are in the world," " the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life" are the most fascinating agents ? But, as one principal method of disposing of fancy articles...

...plain words as I can. Elegance of style is not to be weighed against purity of heart, purity both from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life. Therefore whatever has any tendency to impair that purity, is not to be tolerated, much less...

...be transformed by the inward renewing of the mind, and so have the adornings of truth and virtue ! The « Lusts of the Flesh, the Lusts of the Eye* and the Pride of Life,' must be watched against; and conquered. The Devil, called the « Prince of this world,* will...

...Again, as the living God requires, are you endeavoring to lay aside every weight, keeping in subjection the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life, that you may run with greater expedition, and greater certainty of success the race that is set...

...prophets in the world. For these little children are so stript of their old nature, that they overcome the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life, which are not of God, but of the world, and through which only, the ministers of antichrist are...