And concupiscence, which is my enemy, performs evil, and does not perfect it. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2] Reference
By this we mean our concupiscence, that is, our passions, evil inclinations, and propensity to do wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine] Reference
+ It was to restrain concupiscence, which is found especially in the generative organs (III, Q. lxx, a. 3). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
But desire is in accordance with nature, since it is the proper act of the power of concupiscence, which is a natural power. From Wordnik.com. [Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas] Reference
Who can convert concupiscence, which is innate in every man, into such chastity, thus into somewhat not itself, and yet love?. From Wordnik.com. [The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love] Reference
For he was so immoderately prone to love, that it was doubtful whether the heat of his tyranny or of his concupiscence was the greater. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Tranquillity is denied thee, because of the concupiscence of thy ambition. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
For I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision] Reference
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 66: James The Challoner Revision] Reference
The evils that flow from yielding to concupiscence and being friends to this world. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 66: James The Challoner Revision] Reference
This I say; it will not put itself in any fear, it will not lead itself into any concupiscence. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
To wipe away fancy, to use deliberation, to quench concupiscence, to keep the mind free to herself. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
In the night, if any temptation of concupiscence arose, he got out of bed and plunged himself into the cold river. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The wounds of his body stifled all inordinate inclinations, and their smart extinguished the flame of concupiscence. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision] Reference
By reason of its coolness it tempers superfluous heat: wherefore it fittingly mitigates the concupiscence of the fomes. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
If this old man instils you with such ardent concupiscence, why, you can bore through the plank, and so get at his behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Matrimony, as a remedy against concupiscence in the individual, and against the decrease in numbers that results from death. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
For they have such an unbridled force of fury and concupiscence naturally, that by no means is it possible for them to temper or moderate the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
The man stood stock still, half in fright and half in a wondering concupiscence of curiosity, as he took in the riotous vision of the fencing hall. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
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