"Sin, that amends, is but patched with virtue."
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"One sin another doth provoke."
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"Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue."
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"Sin will pluck on sin."
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"To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just."
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"I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself."
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"Give me my sin again."
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"The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin."
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"Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them."
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"Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin."
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"To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just."
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"Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. The only sin is limitation. As soon as you once come up with a man's limitations, it is all over with him."
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"There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner."
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"Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin."
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"The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence."
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"The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin"
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"The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth."
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"Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin — it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, ‘this disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. I’m continuing to stab him with it!’"
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"Nobody who understands the free grace of God takes sin lightly."
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"Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God."
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