...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...

...enabling him to procure all that heart can wish, it pierces him through with many sorrows. Ministering to the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, misdirected opulence has ruined many both in soul and body. 6. Nor is it a small vexation, to have...

...wickedness ; so that ye may he preserved out of the vain fashions and customs of the world, wrhich satisfy 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 that passes away. Whoever joins to that which is not...

.... There are also temptations peculiar to the young Christian which become exceedingly distressing. The lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, assault him with the greatest force. Sometimes a spirit of volatility leads him astray. His passions...

...stream of our affections was never thus turned, we are doubtless going down the stream into the pit. If the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, have the throne in our hearts, which should be possessed by the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; if we...

...stream of our affections was never thus turned, we are doubtless going down the stream into the pit. If the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, have the throne in our hearts, which should be possessed by the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; if we...

...self-conceit, self-love, and every inordinate desire. Henceforth the world must be crucified unto us ; and, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, must be as loathsome in our eyes as an executed malefactor. Henceforth we must harbour no sinful thoughts,...

...the laws, government, and manners of his empire, — providing for them every thing which could tend to gratify " the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life-f- ;" assuring them, at the same time, that they had nothing to repine at or to dread, as the...

...your warfare is accomplished, your iniquity is pardoned. You, who are lovers of Pleasure, pursuing the Lust of the Eye, the Lust of the Flesh, and the pride of Life ; as the highest, Chiefest Good. Wherefore will you spend your money for that which is nought, and...

...Christ, to 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...