Samson Occom, A Sermon at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian; Who Had Been Guilty of Murder, Preached at the Desire of Said Paul (1789), p. 7

Sin is the transgression of the law:—This is the scripture definition of sin. Now the law of God being holy, just and good; sin must be altogether unholy, unjust and evil. If I was to define sin, I should call it a contr…