heart-sin

And again, sin, and especially heart-sin, is never really bitter to

Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

There is something unutterably humbling in the inward consciousness of any one heart-sin, such as envy or vanity, which makes it impossible for us to rest sincerely and altogether in His love.

Sermons. Volume Third. 1808-1892 1847

There are very many who in the visible relations of life are without reproach, and yet carry within a heart-sin, indulged in secret, which eats into their whole spiritual life with a most deadly corruption.

Sermons. [Vol. I.] 1808-1892 1843

It is a heart-sin, but he sees it, and therefore hates it, and looks upon it with jealousy, because it sets up a rival with him in the soul.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Forgetting God was a heart-sin, and stretching our the hand to a strange god was often a secret sin, Ezek. viii.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

a heart-sin, and the overt-act seemed not only innocent but civil (the showing of his treasures to a friend), yet wrath came upon him and his kingdom for it, v. 25.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721