Lusts-literally, "pleasures," that is, the lusts which prompt you to "desire" whence you seek self at the cost of your neighbor, and hence flow "fightings." The members are the first seat of war thence it passes to conflict between man and man, nation and nation.Ĭome they not, &c.-an appeal to their consciences. "Fightings" are the active carrying on of "wars." The best authorities have a second "whence" before "fightings." Tumults marked the era before the destruction of Jerusalem when James wrote. Wars, &c.-contrasted with the "peace" of heavenly wisdom. whence-The cause of quarrels is often sought in external circumstances, whereas internal lusts are the true origin. AGAINST FIGHTINGS AND THEIR SOURCE WORLDLY LUSTS UNCHARITABLE JUDGMENTS, AND PRESUMPTUOUS RECKONING ON THE FUTURE.ġ.
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