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Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for read more
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!
Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
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Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, read more
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
