[b]Get Much Hatred of Sin[i]by Thomas Vincent
“Would you have much love to Christ? Then get much hatred of sin! And accordingly watch, pray, strive, and fight against sin as the worst of evils, and as that which so much displeases your Lord.
Bewail, the sins that slip into your daily routine and labor that your sins of infirmity may be less everyday than the day before. Take heed of sins that catch you by sudden surprise… But be especially on guard against pre-meditated sins. And that you comply not with any temptations, which like water cast upon the fire of your love to Christ, will put out the flame and leave only a few unperceivable sparks in the corner of your hearts.
Do not allow sin to have any room in your hearts, or if it will abide and you can not thrust it quite out, at least do not allow it to have a quiet, undisturbed life within you.
Disturb sin as much as you can; wage war everyday with your remaining lusts. Let no day pass over your heads without giving some blow, some thrusts, and wounds to sin. The more you fill the room of your hearts with sin, the less room Christ will have there.”