...the population of such a city as this is wholly immersed in the world nnd the things of the world ; the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life are those things which mainly occupy the thoughts and cares of its inhabitants. O it is fearful to...

...unbelief, arc in number almost like the stars of heaven.' There is the legion of enticements which feed the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. There arc the many inducements to sinful honor and ambition, every one of them a lure to the carnal...

...and compliments ; and a world of those in all the world are these thorns, and they overspread all. " The lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life." And for how long is all the advantage and delight of these ? Alas ! that so poor thing* should prejudice...

...through Jesus Christ. In such souls consists the church of Christ, but not in carnal men, who Avalk in the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, who hate and envy, lie and deceive, and live not only in secret but in open sins ; which thing prevails...

...was our preservation from many snares, to which others were continually exposed, by the prevalency of the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, that wanted no occasions or temptations to excite them abroad in the converse of the world. I cannot...

...pleasant song, and as one that plays upon a pleasant instrument ; but their hearts are running after the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life." Would you be willing that I should give such an account of you, or make such a prayer before God ?...

...the living and true God. Those objects of intense desire and eager pursuit, which the scripture terms the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, are so many idols set up in the hearts of men, their devotion to which is in effect an idolatry as...

...minds, yet they that are after the flesh will mind the things of the flesh, and find their pleasure in the " lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, which are not of the Father but of the world." To endeavour therefore to mend the world, as the world,...

...these impieties ! How ingenious to work wickedness, and how fruitful in your inventions to gratify the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life! 0 how hath the heathen nature, as an evil leaven prevailed, and leavened the great body of Christians...

...inheritance in the kingdom of Christ." " Children, love not the world, nor the things of the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life." But the world loves all these things. Hence arises its enmity against the gospel. But I beseech you,...