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everyone is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.' [1] This is the one great temptation; and the devil himself can only reach us by means of it. How extreme, forsooth, is our weakness, when we are our own greatest enemies! And yet we sleep, and fear not! We neglect our salvation, and never realise the need for prayer!

  1. James i. 14.