"When we suffer [allow] a temptation to enter into us, then we 'enter into temptation.' While it knocks at the door we are liberty; but when any temptation comes in and parleys [discusses] with the heart, reasons with the mind, entices and allures the affections, be it a long or a short time, do it thus insensibly and imperceptibly, or do the soul take notice of it, we 'enter into temptation.'"
-- John Owen, "Overcoming Sin and Temptation"
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