I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.
The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering.
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.