 | William Paley - 1830 - 358 pages
...godmothers then for you ? 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 articles of the Christian faith. And thirdly, that I should... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - 1831 - 592 pages
...coloured children, and therefore not a fit person to engage on behalf of the child, to " renounce the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh," seems to have added greatly to the unpopularity of this faithful clergyman. The following are some... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 518 pages
...saying by the godfathers and godmothers, (so called,) that they do promise and vow, &,c. to forsake the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh, and vow for children that they will not follow them, nor will be led by them ; but forsake them all.... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 304 pages
...that the sponsor undertakes three things in the name of the child : first, that he shall ' renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities...wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh ;' and, secondly, that he shall ' believe all the articles of the Christian faith.' To a hasty observer,"... | |
 | George Hodges - 1911 - 384 pages
...words of an ancient formulary, a renunciation of "the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh." In the Old Testament, the man of religion is commonly a man of the world : of the world, in the good... | |
 | 1852 - 650 pages
...perdition ; on the other, the reproach of the Cross. If he did not renounce at once, and for ever, " the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh," he must perisb ; and if he did, he knew that he must encounter sneers and reproaches in the University,... | |
 | George Hodges - 1915 - 232 pages
...concerned with character: "First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1916 - 1164 pages
...retire, sir, to the green pastures and the still waters of your beloved farm and, removed from the pomps and vanities of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh, devote the remainder of your days to the cultivation of its fertile soil, your hand never off the plow,... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1916 - 1416 pages
...retire, sir, to the green pastures and the still waters of your beloved farm and, removed from the pomps and vanities of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh, devote the remainder of your days to the cultivation of its fertile soil, your hand never off the plow,... | |
 | Edward Frederic Benson - 1919 - 328 pages
...unconscious godchild responsible, for the complete observance of that contract? How did the jargon run? "The pomps and vanities of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh." All that had been renounced for her, very solemnly. Surely her poor godmother had not perjured herself... | |
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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 of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. 
