strangers] 1 Chron. 9. 15. Here is a reason given why we ought to live holily, viz. because in this world we are strangers and pilgrims, and therefore we ought not to live according to the laws and lusts of the world, which is most corrupt. pilgrims] See chap. 1. 17. abstain from fleshly lusts] Romans 13:14. Galatians 5:16. Colossians 1:5. 1 Thessalonians 2:5. fleshly] Flesh is often taken for corrupt nature, as Romans 7:25. and 8. 1, 5, 9, 13. Galatians 5:19; Galatians 5:24. Hence those lusts are called fleshly lusts, or, the lusts of the flesh, which proceed from corrupt nature, Galatians 5:1. Romans 13:14. Ephesians 2:3. 2 Peter 2:18. Sometimes the lusts of the flesh are taken for those lusts which are against the seventh commandment, as 1 John 2:16. war] Romans 7:23. Galatians 5:17. James 4:1.