...life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication,...uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and cmetousness, which it idolatry. Ephes. v. 3 — 5. But. fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,...

...railways ? This " inordinate " desire for gain, in God's sight, is pure idolatry ; (Col. iii. 5, 6 ;) " for which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience : " so we must alike compare Sunday railways, and every unhallowed source of acquiring wealth or pleasure...

...example, in his Epistle to the Colossians, after enumerating many seno kinds of transgression, he says, " In the which ye also walked some time when ye lived in them ; " not when ye were dead in them, but when "yelived in them." . . . Now it is difficult to suppose...

...which are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleauness, inordinate affection, and evil concupiscence: for which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disohedience. Col. iii, 5-8. That every one of yon should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification...

...are we warned against it — " Let no man deceive you with vain words ; for, because of these things, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience." In the preceding verse, there is such an enumeration as serves to explain what the things are which are alluded...

...faith and good living at Vanity- Fair, " That the end of these things is death."* And that for these things sake, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. Chr. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction ? Hope. No, I was not willing presently...

...Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication,...which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. The Gospel. St. John xx. 1. THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet...

...sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk as children of light." f Colos. iii. 6 — 8. " For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on...which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these."J These verses afford a specimen of that partial resemblance which...

...they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,...concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 1 John 2. 15, 16. Mark 10. 23—25....

...without the body ; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication,...uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covctousness, which is idolatry : For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of...