| 单词 | the world, the flesh, and the devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe world, the flesh, and the Devil P11. the world, the flesh, and the Devil: the temptations of earthly life. [Compare Anglo-Norman la temptacion de ma char, de mounde et de diable (1354).] ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10103 Thrin fas..þis werld, my fleche, þe warlau als. c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 5 Þe deuel, the world, and the flayssh.] a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 1006 Þe Werld, þe Flesch, and þe Devyl are knowe Grete lordys. 1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Bv From fornication, & al deadly synne, and from all the deceites of the worlde, the flesshe, and the deuill, Good lorde deliuer vs. 1614 J. Day Dyall x. 263 First that this kingdome of Grace be not hindred by many spars and lets that it hath what with the World, the Flesh, & the Divell. 1708 S. Hill Thorough Exam. False Princ. 154 The Priviledge of Baptism is not to be granted him without Renuntiation of the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. 1787 A. Davies Diary 1 Jan. (1788) 249 Bless us as a family;..save from the wickedness of the world, the flesh, and the devil! 1882 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 9 The world, the flesh, and the devil, that trinity of defilers. 1929 J. D. Bernal (title) The world, the flesh, & the Devil. 2000 H. S. Pyper in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 761/2 Often.., ‘the world’ has been used as shorthand for everything that Christians should reject, summed up in the slogan ‘the world, the flesh, and the devil’. < as lemmas |
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