"He who fears God is not only afraid of evil actions, but to offend God in his thoughts. 'Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, &c.' (Deut. 15.9). To think of sin with delight is to act it over in the fancy, this is culpable. A man may think himself into Hell. What were the apostate angels damned for, was it for any more than proud thoughts? This is the first note of trial, he who revernces a deity flees from sin. It is a saying of Anselm, "If sin were on one side and Hell on the other, I would rather leap into Hell than willingly sin against God." Thomas Watson - Religion Our True Interest