...the baptismal service, the godfather and godmother renounce, in the name and behoof of the child, " the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory...desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh ;" and this engagement the child solemnly promises to fulfil. But the utter impossibility of performance...

...answers to be made accordingly. persons to be baptized as follows; the Question. DOST thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory...world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh; so that thou will not follow, nor be led by them ? Answer. I renounce...

...considered as addreaed to them iCTercUy, and the ainwen to be made accordingly. Question. DOST thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory...world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of tin: flesh ; so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them 1 Answer. I renounce...

...Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say as follows : DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory...world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh ; so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them ? Answer. I renounce...

...heaven." The TOW was duly confirmed ; but, alas ! the devil would not be renounced straight off, and " the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous...of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh," still held their thrall. Feeling he had been duped, and that what had been assumed in theory was not...

...accepted, though at first probably with little understanding, the Prayer Book admonition to "renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory...same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them." 20 Whitaker's one-hundred-acre glebe farm was selected by...

...Dumain seems to answer the minister's question and prayer in the baptismal service : "Dost thou forsake the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world ...?... AH carnal affections may die in them [ie, the children], and ... all things belonging to the...

...got along fine with it until he got to the part having to do with water. Mrs. Loflin had renounced the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, and had promised to obediently keep God's holy will and commandments all the days of her life, when...

...looking for trouble. Our collective fuse was very short. As the minister droned, "Dost thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world . .. ," suddenly from the children's side came the sound of music accompanied by titters. My little...

...the flesh. Though the renunciation of the world and the flesh had been explained as renunciation of "the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh," it still was open to misinterpretation. The Manichean heresy declares...