Sinfulness of Sin - 2

More from Venning:

The difference between the saints & the wicked in dealing with sin:

The saints:
1. They bear witnesss against sin
2. They give adivce and cousel to men against sin
3. They reprove sin
4. They withdraw from the company of sinners
5. They mourn over other men's sins
6. They pray and endeavour to get pardon for the sins of those who harldy seek for it themselves
7. They witness against their own sin
8. They will not sin even when they have opportunity
9. They would rather suffer than sin
10. They will not sin though grace abound
11. They take care and use means to prevent sin
12. They are always praying that they may not sin
13. They hide the Word of God in their heart
14. They abstain from the appearances and occcasions of evil
15. The main thing that keeps them from committing sin, or for which they repent when they have committed it, is that it is against God
16. They abhor all sin- all kinds, and all degrees of sin - they hate sin as sin
17. They abhor all their secret sins - even those unknown to them
18. They are against all inclinations to sin
19. They cannot content themselves not to do evil - they must also do good
20. They abhor sins committed and themselves for committing it
21. They are restless until sin is purged as well as pardoned
22. They justify God when He chastises and afflicts them for having sinned
23. They take a holy revent on themselves and become more zealous for God
24. They desire to die only to be rid of sin

The wicked:
1. They may consider some things to be sinful
2. They may be ashamed of committing it
3. They give sins new names (e.g. Drunkenness is good fellowship)
4. They do as much as possible in the dark
5. They may be tormented while sinning (e.g. Amnon)
6. They may sin under a form of godliness
7. They may be ashamed of sin after they commit it
8. They dare not own their sin
9. They cannot endure to be called by the name of the sin they practise
10. They palliate, excuse and disavow sin
11. They deny that they have sinned
12. They dare not look into their actions or call themselves to account
13. They will decry and punish sin in others what they themselve are guilty of to better conceal their own or to compensate for it
14. Yet they desire to die the death of the righteous