...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...has any tendency to impair that purity, is not to be be tolerated, much less recommended for the sake of that elegance. But of this sort (I speak not from...

...that in as few and plain 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...the eye, and the pride of life. Therefore, whatever lias a tendency to impair that purity, is not to be tolerated, much less recommended for the sake of...

...made you careless, ami K i't in you a greater relish for sin ; if you can with greater ease pursue the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life ; then you have reason to conclude that all was a delusion.- But if you Was humbly seeking after...

...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...

...practice of religion ; and a Dissenter should prove himself one, not by dissenting from the church, but from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life, and then we shall agree very well together, though one went to a place called a church, and another...

...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...

...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...

...he is necessitated to forsake the vain pleasures, and uncertain honours of this transitory world; ' the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life;' the sins to which he has been addicted, and company with which he has been connected. Should...