Such is the degeneration of human nature, that it does not only practice sins, but glory in them. Man fallen is but man inverted and turned upside down; —— his love is where his hatred should be, and his hatred where his love should be; his glory where his shame should be, and his shame where his glory should be.—— Many count strictness a disgrace, and sin a bravery. The apostle saith, Phil. 3.19, `They glory in their shame., It cometh to pass some times through ignorance; men mistake evil for good, and so call revenge valour or resolution, and prosperity in an evil way the blessing of providence upon their zealous endeavours, and presumptuous carelessness a well-built confidence... First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.
Thomas Manton
