Worldly Amusements and Pleasures are all Vanity

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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had worked, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Happiness Deriving from Perfect Uniformity.
... of the senses, from social gatherings, banquets and other worldly amusements; vain
and deceiving as ... Solomon, who tasted to satiety all the pleasures of the ...
/.../de liguori/uniformity with gods will/3 happiness deriving from perfect.htm

A Preservative against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles ...
... conformably to his own principle, that "all Christians must ... it is an encroachment
upon the pleasures of life ... best) "To divert it by worldly amusements is carnal ...
/.../a preservative against unsettled notions.htm

Curiosity a Temptation to Sin.
... so as to secure, at any rate, the worldly good, or ... strictness; though you may lose
thereby amusements which you ... and above that, they know the pleasures of sin ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon v curiosity a temptation.htm

Some More Particular Directions for Maintaining Continual ...
... and to indulge ourselves in amusements and diversions no ... When addressing ourselves
to any worldly business, "Lord ... the hopes and fears, the pleasures and sorrows ...
/.../chapter xix some more particular.htm

To Monna Colomba in Lucca
... people to those same vanities and amusements that we ... salvation, from vain diversions
and worldly weddings"for ... in itself the gaieties and pleasures of the ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to monna colomba in lucca.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... and heaviness merely on account of some worldly trouble or ... and vanity; all the idle
diversions and amusements of the world; all the pleasures which "perish ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 21 upon our lords.htm

Dancing.
... in a social way as these innocent amusements may be. ... fellowship is one of the sweetest
pleasures of life ... makes it the chiefest attraction of worldly-minded and ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/iv dancing.htm

Tit. 2:06 Thoughts for Young Men
... in all your troubles and all your pleasures,"before you ... carefully keep at a distance
from all approaches to ... is one great reason why worldly amusements are so ...
/.../chapter xix tit 2 6 thoughts.htm

The True Nonconformist.
... The worldly man will exhibit equal composure with the ... I bid you use those amusements
which are innocent in ... of your lives, into your pleasures, your conversation ...
/.../vincent/amusement a force in christian training/the true nonconformist.htm

The Care of the Soul Urged as the one Thing Needful
... When the intoxications of worldly business and pleasures are over, and ... creature,
surprised in the giddy round of pleasures and amusements, and presently ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the care of the soul.htm

Subtopics

Amuse

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures are Transitory

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: A Characteristic of the Wicked

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: A Proof of Spiritual Death

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Abstinence From, Seems Strange to the Wicked

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: An Abuse of Riches

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Belong to the Works of the Flesh

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Choke the Word of God in the Heart

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Denounced by God

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Disregard of the Judgments and Works of God

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Exclude from the Kingdom of God