Thoughts on sin from John Owen
All sin is from temptation (James 1:14). Sin is a fruit that comes from only that root. [...] [Those who are aware of sin] are sensible of their sins, not of their temptations—are displeased with the bitter fruit but cherish the poisonous root. Hence, in the midst of their humiliations for sin, they will continue in those ways, those societies, in the pursuit of those ends, which have occasioned that sin