Thomas Boston, Works, 6:412:
The penitent not only loathes his sin, but himself for his sin. He cries out with Job, chap. 40:4, “Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.” Repentance sets a man at variance with himself. He sees his ugly face in the glass of God’s law, Christ’s sufferings, and the Lord’s goodness, and he loathes himself.
The penitent not only loathes his sin, but himself for his sin. He cries out with Job, chap. 40:4, “Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.” Repentance sets a man at variance with himself. He sees his ugly face in the glass of God’s law, Christ’s sufferings, and the Lord’s goodness, and he loathes himself.
