Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers…Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers…

And now you see it is a perfect evil; and though indeed it cannot be said to be the chiefest in that full sense wherein God is said to be the chiefest good; because if it were as bad as God is good, how could he pardon it, subdue it, bring it to nothing as he doth? and then how could it have addition to it, one sin being more sinful than another? Ezek. 8. 15. John 19. 11. But yet it ⟨p. 14⟩hath some analogy of being the chiefest evil, as God the chiefest good.

And now you see it is a perfect evill; and though indeed it cannot be said to be the chiefest in that full sense wherein God is said to be the chiefest good; because if it were as bad as God is good, how could he pardon it, subdue it, bring it to nothing as he doth? and then how could it have addition to it, one sin being more sinfull than another? Ezek. 8. 15. Iohn 19. 11. But yet it ⟨p. 14⟩hath some analogie of being the chiefest evill, as God the chiefest good.

For 1. as God is the chiefest good, who therefore is to be loved for himself, and other things but for his sake; so also in sin the chiefest evil, because it is simply to be avoided for its self; but other evils become good, yea desirable when compared with it.

For 1. as God is the chiefest good, who therefore is to be loved for himselfe, and other things but for his sake; so also in sin the chiefest evill, because it is simply to be avoided for its selfe; but other evills become good, yea desirable when compared with it.