...find a god-father, rich, and unmarried, who, while he renounces in the name of his adopted god-fon, " the devil and all his works ; " the pomps and vanities of this wicked world," may leave him his eftate, and make a handfome prefent * This cuftom is univerfal in Africa...

...confirmed in their own persons,"1 to " renounce " the Devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of • this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh ?'-" not only avoiding the grosser pollutions, the vulgar vices of the world, but also refraining from...

...confirmation ; and thirdly, Whenever you renew that covenant by coming to the Lord's table. " You have engaged to renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps...world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh ; to believe all the articles of the Christian faith ; to keep God's holy will and commandments, and to...

...Thus have we seen something of the nature of what is meant by coming out and being separate. It is " to renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh." II. We may now proceed, secondly, to consider " the blessed encouragement held forth in the text for...

...thinking over this promise which she had just made, (in answer to the question which fell to her lot,) To renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. I say she was distressed on finding that these were not merely certain words which she was bound to...

...thinking over this promise which she had just made, (in answer to the question which fell to her lot,) To renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps...this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the Jlesh. I say she was distressed on finding that these were not merely certain words which she was bound...

...into the family of God, and of the inheritance of eternal life, under the condition, that we renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh, and strive to believe and serve God as long as we live. Ibidem. NOTES. .••1. In baptism we enter...

...subsequent week to the dishonor of God ; or rather, who has not formed a deliberate purpose of « renouncing the devil and all his « works, the pomps and vanities...« world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.' O let every worshipper of our church « vow and « pay unto the Lord his God,' and recollect in every...

...godmothers ihm for yauf A. They did promise and vow three things in my name, first, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the artieles of the CLristiiui faith. And, thirdly, that I thould...

...wherein you have promised 1. To renounce what God has forbidden, namely, all the works of the Devil, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. 2. To believe what God has taught, namely, all the Articles of the Christian faith. 3. To practise...