3.  Yet thou art not the sole author of the evil, but there is also another most wicked prompter, the devil.  He indeed suggests, but does not get the mastery by force over those who do not consent.  Therefore saith the Preacher, If the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee, quit not thy place Eccles. x. 4.  Compare Eph. iv. 27:  “Neither give place to the devil.”.  Shut thy door, and put him far from thee, and he shall not hurt thee.  But if thou indifferently admit the thought of lust, it strikes root in thee by its suggestions, and enthrals thy mind, and drags thee down into a pit of evils.