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Meanings of subdue the flesh in anglès

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Usage of subdue the flesh in anglès
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To subdue the flesh, he scourged himself until the blood ran down his body.
The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
2
Mother's advice had been: "Pray and chastise and subdue the flesh."
The Bride of Dreams
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Like St. Jerome, he had a wish to beat upon his body and subdue the flesh.
Windy McPherson's Son
4
A holy life is to be baptized and to believe in Christ, and to subdue the flesh with the Spirit.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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"With Heaven's help," he said to himself, "I shall subdue the flesh.
Thais
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.Here St. Paul shews the necessity of self-denial and mortification, to subdue the flesh, and its inordinate desires.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
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"Go now," he said, "and learn what privation is; and in the company of Christ's humblest servants subdue the flesh to the spirit."
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
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