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4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively)
to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust) -- burn, fiery, be on fire, try. ...
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Library

Of Lot's Deliverance from Sodom, and Its Consumption by Fire from ...
... Book XVI. Chapter 30."Of Lot's Deliverance from Sodom, and Its Consumption by Fire
from Heaven; And of Abimelech, Whose Lust Could Not Harm Sarah's Chastity. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 30 of lots deliverance from.htm

Now as the Lust of Adam, when it had Obtained Its Desire...
... him; so the lust of the angel, when it got what it wanted; viz., the ground and
original of the creaturely life, which is darkness and fire; immediately opened ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-83 now as the lust.htm

St. Ambrose Explains that the Flesh Given to Satan for Destruction ...
... the bosom of our minds and the depths of our hearts, lest we burn up the covering
of our inmost hearts, and lest the devouring fire of lust consume this ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiv st ambrose explains.htm

Of the Stink of Lechery and the Peril of Touching: and of the ...
... he takes no heed how stinking and odious is his wretched lust in the sight of ... Truly
whiles the fire of earthly love ceases not to inflame man's mind, no marvel ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xxiv of the stink.htm

The Seventh Commandment
... As the flame wastes the candle, so the fire of lust consumes the bones. ... Impure
discourse is the bellows to blow up the fire of lust. ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 7 the seventh commandment.htm

Here Leave Vulcan Unnoticed, to Avoid Prolixity; whom You all ...
... We here leave Vulcan unnoticed, to avoid prolixity; whom you all declare to be fire,
with one consenting voice. We pass by Venus, named because lust assails all ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/33 we here leave vulcan.htm

What it is to have Christ for a Foundation, and who they are to ...
... he loves her in the world's fashion, carnally, as the disease of lust prompts him ...
it he builds wood, hay, stubble; and therefore he shall be saved as by fire. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 26 what it is to.htm

Of the Sighings, Desire, and Meekness of a Perfect Lover: and of ...
... Full horrible it is to go into the fire of hell; but more to be hated is it to will
to have lust in sin, because of which he may lose Christ for evermore. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xxvi of the sighings.htm

Come Rest, and be Still in the Bosom of Thy Mother, Son of the ...
... Because the hidden fire of the lust of the body ruled not in him, to him
the fire from on high was obedient. And since he subdued ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ix come rest and.htm

But the Devil, who Hates and Envies what is Good...
... The one would suggest foul thoughts and the other counter them with prayers: the
one fire him with lust, the other, as one who seemed to blush, fortify his ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 5.htm