Puritan gems on the evil of sin

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Richard Baxter:

"Sin is worse than suffering; it is better to suffer than to sin."

"Every sin is an attempt to dethrone God in your heart."

"Sin never goes alone, but leaves a stain wherever it touches."

 

John Bunyan:

"Sin is . . .
  the dare of God's justice,
  the rape of His mercy,
  the jeer of His patience,
  and the contempt of His love."

"Sin turns the soul into a dungeon of darkness."

 

Jeremiah Burroughs:

"Sin is infinitely worse than any affliction."

"One sin allowed, is enough to damn the soul."

"Sin is the soul's only sickness, and Christ is the soul's only Physician."

 

Thomas Brooks:

"Sin in the heart is like Jonah in the ship—it turns the soul into a tempest."

"Sin will usher in the greatest and saddest losses imaginable."

"Sin is Satan's firstborn."

 

Stephen Charnock:

"Sin is an offense against infinite holiness, and deserves infinite punishment."

"Sin is a deicide—every sin would kill God if it could."

 

John Owen:

"Be killing sin, or it will be killing you."

"The seed of every sin, is in every heart."

 

Samuel Rutherford:

"The smallest sin is an infinite evil, because it is committed against an infinite God."

"Sin is the foulest evil—it pollutes everything it touches."

 

Ralph Venning:

"Sin is the cause of all suffering and the root of all sorrow."

"Sin is the disturber of Heaven, earth, and Hell."

"One of the greatest sins, is not to see sin as the greatest evil."

"Sin is the soul's enemy, the heart's wound, and the thief of eternal joy."

 

Thomas Watson:

"Till sin is bitter, Christ will not be sweet."

"Sin has . . .
  the devil for its father,
  shame for its companion,
  and death for its wages."

"Sin is a spiritual poison that would murder the soul."

"Sin is worse than Hell, because sin brought Hell into being."