...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...

...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...

..." Fix, 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...

...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...

...separation from the world, as such ; nay more, a position entirely ANTAGONISTIc to it, to all "that is in the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life." (1. John. ii. 16.) For all this is not of the Father, nor the Son, and therefore not of the sons. "We,"...

...worship. In a land where the devotion of the senses was mistaken for that of the spirit, and where " the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life," soon became ministers of the altar, music was carried out beyond its just proportions, and in various...

...wantonness, pride, and luxury of the world, pleasing and fulfilling the * Sernay, c. 47, Chef. 1. 3, e. 7. lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, (1 John ii. 14-17,) God detests you all, and laughs you and your worship to scorn. Never tell me, I...

...our preservation from many snares, to wJrich others were continually exposed from 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 accumulated...