Temptations

To pray against temptations, and yet to rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray that they might not be burnt. The fable saith that the butterfly inquired of the owl how she should do with the candle which had singed her wings: tho owl counselled her not so much as to behold the smoke. If you hold the stirrup, no wonder Satan gets into the saddle.—Seeker