Doctrine of repentance - Watson - IV - Chapter 4 commenced

Required reading

Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Begin reading Chapter 4 (Ingredients 4 and 5). 

My summary
Today's reading looks at two (of six) more ingredients of repentance: shame and hatred of sin.

There should be shame for sin because sin:
(i) makes us guilty;
(ii) has much unthankfulness;
(iii) makes us naked;
(iv) puts Christ to shame;
(v)  often committed by the special instigation of the devil;
(vi) turns men into beasts;
(vii) is foolish;
(viii) when committed by Christians is worse than the sin of heathens;
(ix) when committed by Christians is worse than the sins of the devils.

True hatred for sin is evidenced:
(i) when a man's spirit is set against sin;
(ii) by a universal hatred;
(iii) by hatred for sin in all its forms;
(iv) by being implacable;
(v) by opposition of sin in others too.
 
Watson finishes the ingredient of hatred for sin by looking at 'What there is in sin that may make a penitent hate it'. 

What grabbed me
I liked the reminder that sin is something which is shameful.  It is a grievous thing to see people proud in their sin: 'Others glory in that which is their shame: they look on sin as a piece of gallantry.  The swearer thinks his speech most graceful when it is interlarded with oaths.  The drunkard counts it a glory that he is mighty to drink (Isa. 5:22).  But when men shall be cast into a fiery furnace, heated seven times hotter by the breath of the Almighty, then let them boast of sin as they see cause.'  Watson's examples are swearing and drunkenness, but I wonder whether if Watson had lived today he would have added sexual sin.  The way the mass media and society has embraced a romantic portrayal of sexual perversions is nothing but a glorification of sin. 

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.