Quote#God & Faith
Take steadily some one sin, which seems to stand out before thee, to…
Quote byEdward Bouverie Pusey · 1800–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Parochial Sermons, Vol. II (1853), Sermon IX: "Victory over the Besetting Sin", p. 160..
English (original)
Take steadily some one sin, which seems to stand out before thee, to root it out, by God's grace, and every fibre of it. Purpose strongly, by the grace and strength of God, wholly to sacrifice this sin or sinful inclination to the love of God, to spare it not, until thou leave of it none remaining, neither root nor branch.
— Edward Bouverie Pusey
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