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

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

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

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.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

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.

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.