The Progress of Sin

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Brett McKinley

Puritan Board Freshman
"Vice first is pleasing; then it grows easily; then delightful; then frequent; then habitual; then confirmed; then the man is impenitent; then he is obstinate; then he resolves never to repent; and then he is damned." Edward Reynolds as quoted by Charles Bridges on Eccl. 8:11


Another related quote from Alexander Whyte's wonderful Bunyan Characters: "There are but three steps, says Butler, from earth to heaven, or , if you will, from earth to hell- acts, habits, character."
 
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