'The object of pity is one in misery whom we love; and the greater the misery is, the more is the pity when the party is beloved. Now of all miseries, sin is the greatest; and whilst yourselves look at it as such, Christ will look upon it as such only also in you. And he, loving your persons, and hating only the sin, his hatred shall fall, and that only upon the sin, to free you of by its ruin and destruction, but his affections shall be the more drawn out to you; and this as much when you lie under sin as under any other afflication. Therefore fear not, "What shall seperate us from Christ's love?"'
Thomas Goodwin, The Heart of Christ, p.156.
