The cockatrice must be crushed – Thomas Brooks

“Lust having conceived, brings forth sin.” James 1:15

First, sin has its conception which is its delight; and then sin has its birth which is its action; and then sin has its growth which is its custom; and then sin has its end which is its damnation!

The very thought of sin, if but meditated on, will break forth into action; action into custom; custom into habit; and then both body and soul are irrecoverably lost to all eternity!

If the subtle Serpent can but wriggle in his tail by a sinful thought, he will soon get in his head by a worse action!

The cockatrice must be crushed in the egg, else it will soon become a serpent!