Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

Thirdly, if you cannot see it in these, then come unto the effects that it works, and it will appear ¹to be the greatest evil. First, it turns all the faculties and parts of the soul & body to evil, and is the breeder of all distemperature, as fear and horror in the soul. Secondly, it brings all the evil that doth befall a man in this life, they all come by sin; all shame, reproach, poverty, disgrace, punishment, comes by sin; now if you will but consider sin in these, you will see it to be evil; but especially, you shall see the evil of sin in a distressed conscience: what fear, what amazement, what astonishment, and despair, what sorrow, what anguish of heart is there? as upon Judas; no restitution will serve, no comfort will work, no persuasion will prevail: thus if you look upon sin it will appear the greatest evil.

Thirdly, if you cannot see it in these, then come unto the effects that it workes, and it will appeare ¹to be the greatest evill. First, it turnes all the faculties and parts of the soule & body to evill, and is the breeder of all distemperature, as feare and horrour in the soule. Secondly, it brings all the evill that doth befall a man in this life, they all come by sinne; all shame, reproach, povertie, disgrace, punishment, comes by sinne; now if you will but consider sinne in these, you will see it to be evill; but especially, you shall see the evill of sinne in a distressed conscience: what feare, what amazement, what astonishment, and despaire, what sorrow, what anguish of heart is there? as upon Iudas; no restitution will serve, no comfort will worke, no perswasion will prevaile: thus if you looke upon sinne it will appeare the greatest evill.

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Fourthly, sin is the greatest evil, if you consider ¹