...depends on their (the sponsors') characters ; — THEIR 'renouncing the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh ;' — THEIR ' believing all the articles of the Christian faith ;' — THEIR ' keeping God's holy...

...things in my name. 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. Secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith. And, Thirdly, that I should...

...sponsor is, in name of the child, to renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. He is to promise to bring up the child in the knowledge of the grounds of the Christian religion, as...

...pledged to do by the vow of your Baptism. You then engaged to "renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh." This engagement you are to renew and confirm whenever you receive the Holy Communion. It is essential...

...pledged to do by the vow of your Baptism. You then engaged to "renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh." This engagement you are to renew and confirm whenever you receive the Holy Communion. It is essential...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...