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Text Sermons : Thomas Brooks : Painted and gilded over

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"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices." 2 Corinthians 2:11

Satan knows that if he would present sin in its own nature
and dress, the soul would rather fly from it than yield to it;
and therefore he presents it unto us, not in its own proper
colors—but painted and gilded over with the name and
show of virtue, that we may the more easily be overcome
by it, and take the more pleasure in committing of it.

Consider that sin is never a whit the less filthy, vile, and
abominable—by its being colored and painted with virtue's
colors. A poisonous pill is never a whit the less poisonous
because it is gilded over with gold; nor a wolf is never a
whit the less a wolf because he has put on a sheep's skin;
nor the devil is never a whit the less a devil because he
appears sometimes like an angel of light. So neither is sin
any whit the less filthy and abominable by its being painted
over with virtue's colors.

The most dangerous vermin is too often to be found under
the fairest and sweetest flowers; the fairest glove is often
drawn over the foulest hand; and the richest robes are
often put upon the filthiest bodies. So are the fairest and
sweetest names upon the greatest and the most horrible
vices and errors that be in the world.







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