Vers. 19-21. _Biblical Account of Sin._--A mournful catalogue of words, based on a great variety of images, is employed in Scripture to describe the state of sinfulness which man inherits from his birth. Sometimes it is set forth as the _missing of a mark or aim_; sometimes as the _transgressing of a line_--the word occurs seven times in the New Testament and is twice applied to Adam's Fall (Rom. v. 14; 1 Tim. ii. 14); sometimes as _disobedience to a voice, i.e._ to hear carelessly, to take no need of--the word occurs three times (Rom. v. 19; 2 Cor. x. 6; Heb. ii. 2); sometimes as _ignorance of what we ought to have done_ (Heb. ix. 7); sometimes as _a defect or discomfiture_--to be worsted, because, as Gerhard says, "A sinner yields to, is worsted by, the temptations of the flesh and of Satan"; sometimes as _a debt_ (Matt. vi. 12); sometimes as _disobedience to law_--the word occurs fourteen times in the New Testament and is generally translated by "iniquity." The last figure employed in the most general definition of sin given in the New Testament--_sin is the transgression of the law_ (1 John iii. 4).--_Trench and Maclear._ _The Works of the Flesh._ +I. Sins against chastity.+--Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness. 1. We must stock up the root of these things, mortify the passion of concupiscence. 2. All occasions of these sins must be cut off, two especially, idleness and the pampering of the body. 3. All signs of these vices must be avoided, any speech or action that may give suspicion of incontinent disposition, as light talk, wanton behaviour, curiousness and excess in trimming of the body, suspected company. +II. Sins against religion.+--Idolatry, witchcraft, heresies. +III. Sins against charity.+--Enmity, debate, emulations, anger, contention, seditions. +IV. Sins against temperance.+--Drunkenness, gluttony. 1. We may use meat and drink not only for necessity, but also for delight. 2. That measure of meat and drink which in our experience makes us fit both in body and mind for the service of God and the duties of our calling is convenient and lawful. To be given to drinking and to love to sit by the cup, when there is no drunkenness, is a sin. Drunkenness: (1) Destroys the body. (2) Hurts the mind. (3) Vile imaginations and affections that are in men when they are drunk remain in them when they are sober, so being sober they are drunk in affection.--_Perkins._ _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 22-26. _The Fruit of the Spirit_--