Puritan Gems on the Evil of Sin
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.