
Temptation: Winning the Battle Before the War
In Modern English
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Narrated by:
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Virtual Voice
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By:
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John Owen
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Jason Roth

This title uses virtual voice narration
About this listen
This book was originally published in 1658 as Of Temptation: The Nature and Power of it, The Danger of entering into it, and The Means of preventing that Danger with A Resolution of sundry Cases thereunto belonging. This edition attempts to make Owen's writing more accessible to modern readers. It includes the following updates:
- Complete and carefully updated text.
- Sentence-level rewriting and rewording for clarity.
- Modern English sentence structure.
- Modern English vocabulary.
- Updated organization and headings.
- English Standard Version (ESV) scripture references.
- Scripture quotations in footnotes.
- Active table of contents.
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Great story audio voice is okay, but I would prefer that they speak the entire full name of the book in the bible.
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Passionate speaking
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