Sect. LXXIII. Sinners visage.
EVery sin seemeth fair before the action, sweet in the action, and poison after the action. For three things follow after the committing of every sin, to wit fear, shame, and guilt:
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EVery sin seemeth fair before the action, sweet in the action, and poison after the action. For three things follow after the committing of every sin, to wit fear, shame, and guilt:
the fear of hell, shame of men, and guilt of consci∣ence.
Lord, if these will not make me loath sin,* 1.1 yet let thy love make me leave it, and thy mercy forsake it.
Exod. 20.6.