When a man's heart is set against sin, not only does the tongue protest against sin—but
the heart abhors it. However lovely sin is painted—we find it
odious—just as we abhor the picture of one whom we mortally hate, even
though it may be well drawn. Suppose a dish be finely cooked and the sauce
good—yet if a man has an antipathy against the meat—he will not eat it. So
let the devil cook and dress sin with pleasure and profit—yet a true
penitent has a secret abhorrence of it, is disgusted by it, and will not
meddle with it.
- Thomas Watson (The Doctrine of Repentance, Chapter 4)
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