Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, read more

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

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.

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]