Sin and they would never part – Thomas Brooks

Carnal men, in times of sickness and distress, or in times of horror and terror of conscience, or when death, the king of terrors, knocks at their doors, or when they see hell gaping to devour them, and God as a solemn judge standing ready to pass an eternal doom upon them only then they are willing to cast overboard their pleasures, their drunkenness, their swearing, their cursing, their lying, their flesh-pleasing, etc. But not out of any hatred to their lusts but out of love to themselves, and out of fear of being damned, etc.; for could they but enjoy their sins and heaven too sin and they would never part.

A graceless heart is more abundantly willing to be freed from punishment the effect of sin; than it is willing to be freed from sin the cause of punishment.