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   "Man, then is freed from sin through Him Who assumed the form of sin and   
   became like us who had turned into the form of the serpent. He keeps the   
   bites from causing death, but the beasts themselves are not destroyed. By   
   beasts I mean desires. For although the evil of death which follows sins   
   does not prevail against those who look to the cross, the lust of flesh   
   against spirit has not completely ceased to exist."   
      
   St. Gregory of Nyssa.   
      
   "And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your   
   flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all   
   trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was   
   against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way,   
   having nailed it to the cross."  Colossians 2:13-14   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)