Let me not forget the sober truth that sin is a murderer and let’s all remember together the sentiments of Richard Baxter:

“Use sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the whole world. Use it, therefore, as a murderer should be used; kill it before it kills you; and though it brings you to the grave, as it did your head, it shall not be able to keep you there. You love not death; love not the cause of death.”

What a chilling reminder to receive whenever we quietly court so dangerous a mistress.