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 kind of fury on those who press upon them things so little suited to their nature.

Consider well, O Christian, what a state you bring yourself to by sin! God, who had made you in His own image, and had placed your soul — renewed by His grace — amongst the number of His Spouses, now ranks you with ' dogs and swine.’ Take pity on your own condition, and try to escape from it: — having recourse to prayer, of which we shall now go on to speak.