...departure from the doctrines of Christ. The Apostle James describes their origin with great precision. " From whence come wars and fightings among you. Come they not hence even of your lusts?" James iv. 1, &c. That church under whatever name it may have been known, which has originated, promoted,...

...ill-humour that breeds quarrels and law-suits. Whence is all our contention, but for want of contentment ?* From whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? (James, iv. 1.) in particular, from this lust of discontent ? Why did Absalom raise a war against his...

...influence of which is owing much the greatest part of the vice and misery that desolate mankind. " From whence come " wars and fightings among you? Come they " not hence, even of your lusts, which war " in your members?"* From whence (may we add) come murders, frauds, breaches of trust, violations...

...engenders and nourishes the vilest passions of a fallen nature. "From whence come wars and fight" ings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts, that " war in your members ?." And again ; " When lust hath con" ceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, when it is finished,...

...unlawful. But so does war. For the sinfulness of its cause, we have an account of that in James iv. 1, Whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts ? And for the unlawfulness of its effects, we need only survey our own experience, without recurring...

...place, strive to cut deep at the roots of your own selfishness. — " From whence," asks St. James, " come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence even of your lusts ?" Do you ask by what spell the Apostle of the Gentiles collected and combined large masses of a quarrelsome...

...war is to be viewed equally in both lights. Whence come wars and fightings amongst you, says James, come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members * ? It is within the human breast that this mighty mischief is conceived. There the fire is lighted...

...able to satisfy the immortal soul. ' From whence come wars and fightings among you ?' says St. James, 'Come they not hence, even of your lusts, that war...desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war ; ye ask, and receiTe not, because ye ask amiss, to consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers, and...

...able to satisfy the immortal soul. ' From whence come wars and fightings among you ?' says St. James, 'Come they not hence, even of your lusts, that war...desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war ; ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, to consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers, and...

...able to satisfy the immortal soul. ' From whence come wars and fightings among you ?' says St. James, 'Come they not hence, even of your lusts, that war...desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war ; ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, to consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers, and...