...and penitence, in respect to the offences which have been done through three mortal sins ; namely, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, through which we have done ill. This way we must keep. If we will love and follow Jesus Christ, we...

...•world has ever presented; and all this to gratify their inordinate desire for power and ambition, or the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, as it if in Scripture. But a wonder nearly equal to this is, that mankind should linn- been, and to...

...gaieties of life, which they called polite accomplishments, but which the pen of inspiration called ' the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.' Discipline, except for one or two of the grosser breaches of the moral law, was falling into ORIGINATED...

...run so fast away with the hearts of men, that they cannot hear God's voice calling them to return. The lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life hang so about men now, that they cannot get looked up to behold the beauty of Christ. But the fire...

...at all events, we find it : however diversified our pursuits, however various our sins and follies, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, which are so apparent in this temptation, are the moving principles which guide us into disobedience....

...crucify themselves as to the world, to disentangle themselves of its cares and vanities ; not to gratify the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, but to redeem their time : such as were rich he advised not to heap up their riches, but to keep themselves...

...earth." : " Put off the old man with his deeds." " Crucify the flesh with the •affections and lusts." The lust of the eye, the lust "of the flesh, and the pride of life are not of the Father, but of the world. . . My dear friend, you will now be exposed to fresh trials,...

...sick and the enemy of thy life can do with thee what he pleases. Prayer is an impregnable wall against the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life ; a shield against which the fiery darts of the wicked fly in vain; afire that consumes the many temptations...

...therefore, your affections on things above and not on things on the earth ; for all that is in the world — the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life — must perish." Wisely, then, was it ordained of God, that, though He has granted to a man life and...

...holy fortitude, and of nonconformity to the world, pervaded the minds of the disciples of Jesus, and the " lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life," were considered as unworthy the pursuit of those who accounted themselves " strangers and pilgrims...