 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. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.  The Christian Advocate - Page 4951832Full view - About this book
 | Philemon Stewart - 1843 - 440 pages
...cannot 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 and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?... | |
 | William Beveridge - Sermons, English - 1843 - 474 pages
...then it is no wonder they are not heard, as St. James observes, James 4.3. " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." And besides, none can pray aright in Christ's Name, without the assistance of His Spirit: for, as the... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...and confirmation of the gospel, ye are all partakers of my grace. Jam. 4. 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Jam. 5. 16. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1845 - 760 pages
...abominates pretence in every part of his service. Hence the words of James, " Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts," (James iv. 3.) It is true, indeed, (as we shall again see in a little,) that the pious, in the prayers... | |
 | Samuel R. Fisher - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1844 - 364 pages
...that, if we ask any thing according \o his will, heheareth us. James iv. 3 — Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, 4. In order to offer acceptable pray er to God, we must rightly and thoroughly know our need and misery.... | |
 | George Delgarno Hill - Kandh (Indic people) - 1845 - 370 pages
...much speaking :" 3 nor praying for such things as we ought not to desire ; " ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." * Churches, and ministers, and solemn ordinances, and stated devotions, are dedicated to God, that... | |
 | Jonathan Cogswell - Presbyterian Church - 1845 - 240 pages
...how small attainments they have made in holiness. Ye ask and ye receive not, said the Apostle James, because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts. When we seek for great blessings with proper views of the fullness there is in God, with a sacred regard... | |
 | D. H. Mason - 1846 - 56 pages
...and cannot 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 and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God... | |
 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - Quakers - 1846 - 500 pages
...and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts : ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God.'... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1847 - 564 pages
...saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. Jam. 4 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts,... | |
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