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...praytr, or milcarry in the manner of prayer ; James iv. 2, 3. Ye luft, and have not ; ye kill, and defire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, becaufe ye afk not. Ye afk, and receive not, bccuuio ye alk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your...

...Come they not hence, even of your own 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," Jas. iv. 1, 2. G. Is it wrong, then, that there are soldiers ? Mr. If. You have asked a question, my...

...or mifcarry in the manner of prayer ; James iv. 2, 3. Ye Iiift, and have not ; ye kill, and defire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, becaufe ye afk not. Ye afk, and receive not, becaufe ye afk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your...

...pride, luxury, and selfishness. St. James very forcibly rebukes such petitioners, in the words, " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." (James iv. 3.) The glory of God should be our great aim, in our use and enjoyment of whatever temporal...

...your lusts, hat war in your members ? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye till, and desire to have, and canlot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers,...

...vii. 5. " They tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their lust," Psal. Ixxviii. 18. " Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it on your lusts," James iv. 3. Secondly, The increasing and carrying on the work of sanctification is...

...desire to have, and cannot obtain : ve fight and 3 F war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss; that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ?...

...disgrace the world come even of our lusts. " Ye lust and have not," said the Spirit of truth ; " ye kill and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not because ye ask not." But the soldier of Christ Jesus lies under no such reproach, and is liable to no such disappointment....