Train of Sins

It is a fond thmg for a man to think to set bounds to himself in anything that is bad; to resolve to sin in number, weight, and measure, with great temperance and discretion, and government of himself; that he Will commit this sin, and then give over; entertain but this one temptation, after that he will shut the door and admit of no more. Our corrupt hearts, when they are once in motion, are like the raging sea, to which we can set no bounds nor say to it, "Hitherto shalt thou go, and no farther." When the devil tempts a man to commit any wickedness, he does, as it were, lay a long train of sins; and, if the first temptations take, they give fire to one another. Let us then resist the beginning of sin, because then we have the most power, and sin hath least.—Tillotson