tho' they see, they will not perceive, and tho' they hear they will not understand: as if they were afraid of parting with their vices, in order to be pardoned.

all these vices come from within, and are what defile the man.

whisperers, backbiters, enemies of God, injurious, proud, vain, inventers of vices, disobedient to parents, void of judgment,

for you are still subject to your passions. since envy, and strife, and divisions are among you, are you not actuated by the vices of the animal part?

that he might deliver us from the vices of this present age, according to the will of God, even our father: to

drunkenness, revellings, and such like, concerning which I forewarn you now, as heretofore I have done, that they who practise such vices, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

he that soweth to his vices, shall reap the deadly fruit of his vices; but he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap everlasting life.

let no man mislead you by vain reasonings: for it is for these vices, that the wrath of God lights upon the incredulous.

these are vices which draw down the divine vengeance upon unbelieving nations;

person unsullied by the vices of the Gentiles, who know not God:

The vices of some men are so notorious, they prevent any inquisition: others don't discover themselves till they have been ordain'd.

Therefore omitting for the present the principles of the christian doctrine, we shall proceed to something more sublime, without mentioning those fundamental articles of repentance from destructive vices, and of divine faith:

throw off then your vices as dregs and scum: and receive with docility that genuine doctrine, which is effectual to your salvation.

pure and unadulterated religion, in the eye of God our father, consists in taking care of orphans and widows in their distress: and in keeping clear of the vices of the age.

and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.

"I shall come with surprize, happy he that is upon the watch, and keepeth his garments pure, that his vices may not put him to shame."

(I allude to civil affairs, because of your unacquaintedness with spiritual matters:) as then you made your natural faculties subservient to impurity, and all manner of vice; make them now subservient to virtue and holiness.

rulers are not a terror to virtue, but to vice. would you then live without any dread of the civil power? do what is right, and you shall have his commendation.

Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness?

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them.

it being plain, that the law was not design'd against the just, but against the lawless and refractory, against irreligion and vice, impiety and prophaneness, parricide and man-slaughter,

virtue wears no disguise, and vice cannot be long conceal'd.

their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant. their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way,

where false zeal, and a spirit of contention reign, there confusion and every vice prevail.

Degenerate race, don't you know that friendship with vice is hostility against heaven. he that is a friend to the vicious world, is an enemy to God.

or do you imagine that passage of scripture to be insignificant, "does the spirit that dwells in you, incite you to vice?"

men. You are free, don't let your liberty serve as a pretext for vice: but act as the servants

he must avoid vice, practise virtue, seek peace, and persevere in the enquiry.

my beloved, don't imitate vice, but virtue. he that does good, is a child of God: he that does evil, is not acquainted with God.