"There was none like to Ahab that sold himself to work wickedness.

V. Such swearing commonly will induce a man to bind himself by oath to unlawful practices; and consequently will entangle him in a woeful necessity either of breaking his oath, or of doing worse, and committing wickedness: so that "swearing," as St. Chrysostom saith, "hath this misery attending it, that, both trangressed and observed, it plagueth those who are guilty of it.

"I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin."

So they triumph in villainy, and justify their wickedness; with Rabelais, that French Lucian, drunkenness is better for the body than physic, because there be more old drunkards than old physicians.

The bold swearer doth importune Him to hear, doth rouse Him to mark, doth brave Him to judge and punish his wickedness.

If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness!

Let me not teach them anything that is bad, and may they not learn wickedness from seeing me.

The part of a courtier is always degrading enough to play; but to be courtier to a prince whose favour was to be won by proficiency in vice, and audacity in follies, to truckle to his tastes, to win his smiles by the invention of a new pleasure and his approbation by the plotting of a new villany, what an office for the author of 'The School for Scandal,' and the orator renowned for denouncing the wickednesses of Warren Hastings!

Mrs. Markham could not suffer such high-handed wickedness to go unrebuked, and taking as a peace offering, in case matters assumed a serious aspect, a pot of gooseberry jam and a ball of head cheese, she started for Camden the very next day.

"She is revelling with Hopkins and Captain Evans,men that she did tramp the country with as vagabond players, ere the Spaniard taught them more profitable wickedness.

I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will recompense your wickedness on your own heads."

I pray thee that I may come to his presence and see his visage, and if he remember my wickedness let him slay me.

You do not know the world, its wickedness, its incredible vileness."

I doubt not, but many of those with whom this motion has been concerted, have approved it without seeing all its consequences; and have been betrayed into that approbation by a laudable zeal for their country, and an honest indignation against corruption and treachery, by a virtuous desire of detecting wickedness, and of securing our constitution from any future dangers or attacks.

No, no; they have the badge of the devil, with whom they shall be damned world without end, except they amend and leave their wickedness.

It appears that he conversed with persons occasionally, who were not of his own society, with a view of answering their arguments, and of endeavouring to evince the wickedness and impolicy of slavery.

A body of armed men accompanied the deported wickedness of Poker Flat to the outskirts of the settlement.

"'It's a blazing shame, that I cannot oppen t' blessed Book, but yah set up them glories to Sattan, and all t' flaysome wickednesses that iver were born into the warld.'

And the angel read, explaining very carefully and fully all the wickedness of the Wicked Man.

Instead of punishing vice, and rewarding virtue; they have often shown a prosperous wickedness, and an unhappy piety.

These are measures, my lords, which I hope your lordships will never concur to promote; measures not supported either by law or justice, or enforced by any exigence of affairs, but dictated by persecution, malice, and revenge; measures by which the guilty and the innocent may be destroyed with equal facility, and which must, therefore, tend to encourage wickedness as they destroy the security of virtue.

Old Kaspar, who has been used to such things all his life, cannot feel the wickedness and horror Of the battle.

He, therefore, who commits a wicked action is more wretched than he who is compelled to endure the wickedness of another.

"And they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

" The Congregational churches may not be quoted as countenancing this great wickedness against God and man.