worldly-mindedness

Some are specially addicted to pride, and others to worldly-mindedness; some to sensual desires, and others to frowardness or other evil passions.

The Reformed Pastor 1615-1691 1974

They are primarily chargeable to the greed, the selfishness, the cupidity, the worldly-mindedness which has found in science the tools to further its ends.

In the Noon of Science 1969

I shall not stay to mention all the particular distempers that rage in some, and that rule and reign in all before the coming of the gospel; as darkness, blindness, ignorance, worldly-mindedness, sensuality, hatred of God, envy, and malice, which are fixed in the souls of men by presumption and self-righteousness.

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

Ministers preach against worldly-mindedness, security, etc., but it makes no impression upon the minds of men; for we can scarce give an instance of any, the least reformation.

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

The last evidence I shall mention of these decays among us, is our worldly-mindedness, -- conformity to the world, and security.

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

Even while he was at work there were men who were more down-to-earth, more prepared just to hold their Aristotelianism neat; and perhaps a cer - tain worldly-mindedness made them a danger not only to an ecclesiastical system but also to religion itself.

CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968

They who know it not so to be, are under the power of worldly-mindedness.

Christologia 1616-1683 1965

Confucius describes Laou-tze as resembling the dragon, and received from him a lecture, in which he accuses him of worldly-mindedness and vanity, and concludes by telling him to make the best of it he can.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Pride, indolence, and worldly-mindedness are bringing me into closer and closer bondage: the first keeps me from true worship by preventing me from seeking the help and teaching of the one Spirit; the second, by making me yield without effort or resistance to the uncontrolled imaginations which the third presents.

A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Eliza Southall

Long did the grain of mustard-seed lie buried among the weeds of worldly-mindedness; long were my hopes and fears alternate; but now the blessed discipline of the covenant has been exercised; I have witnessed it, I have felt it -- suffered the rod with them and for them, but waited for the fruits in hope; and glory to thee, dear Husband and Father, I have not waited in vain.

The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham