“First it [sin] startles him, then it becomes pleasing, then easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then confirmed! Then the man is impenitent, then obstinate, then resolves never to repent, and then he is damned.”
~ J.C. Ryle
(quoting Jeremy Taylor, Anglican Bishop & Writer, 1617-1667)
Thoughts For Young Men, [Moscow, ID: Charles Nolan Publishing, 2002], 48.
