Thomas Watson's choice quotes on SIN

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(Thomas Watson)

There is more evil in a drop of sin--than in a sea of affliction!

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The natural heart is . . .
the nursery of sin,
the magazine where all the weapons of wickedness lie,
full of antipathy against God,
a lesser Hell!

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Morality is but nature refined--old Adam put in a better dress. The garnishing of man with moral excellencies, is but adorning a dead man with a garland of flowers!

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Civility is not grace, although it is a good wall against which to plant the vine of grace.

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If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness--but from the ignorance of his danger!

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God's long forbearance in not punishing of sin, is not forgiveness!
The longer God delays the blow--the heavier it falls when He strikes!

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The sinner may live in a calm--but he will die in a storm of wrath!

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Sin makes the soul red with guilt--and black with filth!

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The love of sin makes sin taste sweet--this sweetness beguiles the heart, and ruins the soul. It is worse to love sin, than to commit it. The love of sin . . .
hardens the heart,
keeps the devil in possession, and
freezes the soul in impenitence.

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View sin in the looking-glass of Christ's sufferings.
The least sin cost His blood!

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