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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

The Man after God's Own Heart
... It has pleasures, and gaiety, and excitement; but there is no ... and worldly society,
and worldly books, and worldly lusts ... You see what amusements the ideal man has ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/the man after gods own.htm

Relation 1. Sent to St. Peter of Alcantara in 1560 from the ...
... Amusements, of which I used to be fond, and worldly things, are ... way, but she afterwards
abides in peace and joy; so much so, that all the pleasures of earth ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/relation 1 sent to st.htm

The New-Birth
... the cover of flesh and blood, often lulled asleep by worldly light and amusements,
yet such as ... and to be delivered from the power of its pleasures over us ...
/.../law/the grounds and reasons of christian regeneration/the new-birth.htm

On Infants' Early Deaths.
... produce, enriched, as thy rejection of worldly abundance has ... plague of ignorance,
through the pleasures he has ... his household; and in all those amusements to be ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on infants early deaths.htm

How a Man's Conduct Comes Home to Him
... spend far too much time in amusements, which they ... The pleasures, cares, pursuits,
and ambitions of the world ... He was very worldly and gave gay parties, and his ...
/.../spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/how a mans conduct comes.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... ib.; cared not to answer, but to lead men to ... care for the poor, and His own poverty,
[489]ib ... Churches, no worldly thoughts to intrude there, [612]8; spiritual ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

Introductory Notice Respecting Tauler's Life and Times
... availed themselves of fervent piety or worldly power. ... come to be mere habits or
pleasures; and that ... dressed magnificently, took part in the amusements of the ...
/.../introductory notice respecting taulers life.htm

part ii
... If people labour so long for worldly vanity, and often ... his time in idle talk or idle
amusements; he is ... Is it not our attachment to carnal pleasures in general ...
//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/my life in christ/part ii.htm

Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... seeing objects which may one day lead to your ... the search for such delicacies than
pleasures the consumption ... who, he says, laid aside all worldly business and ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book ii jerome answers the.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Proverbs 21:17
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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