MEDITATION XVI.
MEDITATION XVI.
THE MORE WE SEE OF SIN, THE MORE WE SHOULD HATE SIN.
When Israel was in their own land, they were bent on idolatry. But, when forced to sacrifice at Babylon to idols which they knew not, they got such a overabundance of that sin, that they loathed it ever after. How, then, should I henceforth hate sin, when I see how guilty it makes the soul, how it debases even unto hell, how the longer the captive lies in chains, the fetters grow stronger, and the captive weaker; how it kindles hell, scatters brimstone over the body, makes the language of the pit spew from the tongue, and makes its victims restless in its pursuit! In a word, sin despises divine things, proclaims rebellion against Heaven, and wages war against God!