His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ropes. "Evil habits unrestrained induce a necessity "(St. Augustine, Confessions viii. 5.) though not absolute. (Haydock)
The libertine thinks he can get free as soon as he pleases; not being aware of the chains which he is forging for himself. (Calmet)
Sin requires punishment. (Menochius)