The Doctrine of Repentance

5. Another obstruction of Repentance¹ is the tickling pleasure of sin, • Thes. 2. 12. Who take pleasure in unrighteousness. Sin is a sugared draught, but mixed with poison. The sinner thinks there is danger in sin, but there is delight, and the danger doth not so terrify him, as the delight bewitcheth him. Plato calls love of sin, a great Devil^*. Delighting in sin hardens the heart. In true Repentance there must be a grieving for sin; but how can one grieve for that which he loves. He who delights in sin can hardly pray against it; his heart is so inveigled with sin, that he is afraid of leaving it too soon. Sampson doted on Delilahs beauty, and her lap proved his grave. When a man rolls iniquity as a Sugared lump under his tongue, it infatuates him, and is his death at last. Delight in sin ^*is a silken ⟨p. 142⟩[…] ⟨p. 143⟩[…] ⟨p. 144⟩halter, 2 Sam. 2. 26. Will it not be bitterness in the latter end?

5. Another obstruction of Repentance¹ is the tickling pleasure of sin, • Thes. 2. 12. Who take pleasure in unrighteousness. Sin is a sugred draught, but mixed with poison. The sinner thinks there is danger in sin, but there is delight, and the danger doth not so terrifie him, as the delight bewitcheth him. Plato calls love of sin, a great Devil^*. Delighting in sin hardens the heart. In true Repentance there must be a grieving for sin; but how can one grieve for that which he loves. He who delights in sin can hardly pray against it; his heart is so inveagled with sin, that he is afraid of leaving it too soon. Sampson doted on Dalilahs beauty, and her lap proved his grave. When a man rolls iniquity as a Sugared lump under his tongue, it infatuates him, and is his death at last. Delight in sin