 | Hannah More - Christian life - 1811 - 276 pages
...influence.— The question, " whence come wars and fightings among you ?" he answers by another question — " come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ?" • Self-love thus pnsh'd to social, to divine. Gives thee to make thy neighbour's blessing thine,... | |
 | Hannah More - Christian life - 1811 - 244 pages
...— The question, " whence come wars and fightings among you ?" he answers by another question — " come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ?" a * Self-love thus push'd to soci »1, to divine. Gives thee to make thy neighbour's blessing thine.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...in my text. James makes a distinction between the members of the body and sin that works in them. " From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence 5 even of your lusts, that war in your members?" This evil principle goes by various names in scripture.... | |
 | Nehemiah Nisbett - 1812 - 340 pages
...likewise, that the first ten verses of ch. iv. are addressed to unbelieving Jews — Where it is said, whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they...and have not. Ye kill and desire to have, and cannot oltain. Yefight and war. These things could not be said to Christians. They must relate to those disturbances,... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - Ireland - 1812 - 522 pages
...the enquiry of the apostle J acnes, and the answer which accompanies it, may be justly applied : " Whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts. Ye lust, and have not; ye kill aad desire to have; ye fight and yet ye cannot obtain." If this be founded... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - 1812 - 522 pages
...enquiry of the apostle James, and the answer which accompanies it, may be justly applied : " Whencfe come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts. Ye lust, and have not; ye kill and desire to have; ye fight and war, yet ye cannot obtain." Jf this... | |
 | Charities - 1812 - 428 pages
...emphatically demonstrates in dhap. iv. 1-3 — querying—- *' From whence come wars and fightings? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye Just, mid have not; jc kil!3 and desire to have, and cannot obtain; ye fight, and war, yet ye have... | |
 | rev. John Brougham - Sermons, English - 1813 - 344 pages
...possessions by invading the property of their weaker neighbours. " From " whence," says St. James, " come wars " and fightings among you ? come they "...hence, even of your lusts that war " in your members." But what are frauds committed under the specious name of war compared with those acts of dishonesty... | |
 | Missions - 1813 - 500 pages
...The apostle James gives an account of men's wickedness perfectly consistent with this description. " Whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts, that war hi your members ? Ye lust and have not, ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain." And why do they... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1813 - 340 pages
...another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal ?" " From whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts ? [selfish covetings, according to that explanation, " I had not known lust except the law had said,... | |
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From whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ? Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask... 
