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Samuel Bolton
The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises
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SIN THE GREATEST EVIL▪SINNE THE GREATEST EVIL▪
Consectary 8
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THE Dead Saint Speaking, TO Saints, and Sinners Living: In several TREATISES.VIZ.TheSinfulness and greatest evil that is in Sin, On 2 Sam. 24.10.Loves of Christ to his Spouse, On Cant. 4.9.Nature and Royalties of Faith, On John 3.15.Slowness of Heart to Believe, On John 1.50.Cause, Signs and Cure of Hypocrisy, withMotivesHelpsto Sincerity, On Isaiah 58.2.Wonderful Workings of God for his Church and People, On Exod. 15.11.Never before Published.BY SAMUEL BOLTON, D. D. Late Mr. of Christ College in Cambridge. Prepared for the Press •• himself, during Life.Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this Death! Rom. 7.24.But God commended his love towards us, in that whilst we were yet Enemies, Christ dyed for us. Rom. 5.8.LONDON: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, for Thomas Parkhurst, and are to be sold at his Shop at the three Crowns, over against the Great Conduit in Cheapside, 1657.THE Dead Saint Speaking, TO Saints, and Sinners Living: In severall TREATISES.VIZ.TheSinfulness and greatest evill that is in Sin, On 2 Sam. 24.10.Loves of Christ to his Spouse, On Cant. 4.9.Nature and Royalties of Faith, On John 3.15.Slowness of Heart to Beleeve, On John 1.50.Cause, Signes and Cure of Hypocrisie, withMotivesHelpsto Sincerity, On Isaiah 58.2.Wonderfull Workings of God for his Church and People, On Exod. 15.11.Never before Published.BY SAMƲEL BOLTON, D. D. Late Mr. of Christ Colledge in Cambridge. Prepared for the Presse •• himself, during Life.Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver mee from the body of this Death! Rom. 7.24.But God commended his love towards us, in that whilst wee were yet Enemies, Christ dyed for us. Rom. 5.8.LONDON: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, for Thomas Parkhurst, and are to be sold at his Shop at the three Crowns, over against the Great Conduit in Cheapside, 1657.Title page of The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises, London, 1657

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The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...

Samuel Bolton 1606–1654London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657

[34], 420 [i.e. 455], [2] p. : port. · 221k words · Wing B3518 · ESTC R7007

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SIN THE GREATEST EVIL▪ › Consectary 8: 8. Consectary.SINNE THE GREATEST EVIL▪ › Consectary 8: 8. Consectary.

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4. Such an one, he is acquainted with the danger and deceitfulness of sin; and how it is

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1. Deceitful in its Object.

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2. Deceitful in its Arguments.

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3. Deceitful in its Pretences and Excuses. Nullum vitium sine patrocinio.

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4. Deceitful in its Encroaches.

4. Deceitful in its Incroaches.

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Title as printed: The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...
Author: Samuel Bolton 1606–1654
Place: London
Printer: Robert Ibbitson
Bookseller: Thomas Parkhurst
Year: 1657
Size: [34], 420 [i.e. 455], [2] p. : port.
Words: 220,581
Catalogue: Wing B3518 · ESTC R7007
Text: EEBO-TCP A28620

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Samuel Bolton 1606–1654

PuritansEngland

Member of the Westminster Assembly; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.

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5. Deceitful in its Promises. And therefore will he keep an holy circumspection, an humble, awful; jealous fear over his own spirit, lest he should fall into sin. He looks on sin, as his Greatest Evil; and his Greatest care and endeavours are to avoid sin.

5. Deceitful in its Promises. And therefore will he keep an holy circumspection, an humble, awful; jealous fear over his own spirit, lest he should fall into sin. He looks on sin, as his Greatest Evil; and his Greatest care and endeavors are to avoid sin.

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4. If sin be the Greatest Evil, ¹Then should it be our chiefest endeavours to be rid of sin. Every man would labour to be rid of an Evil, and the Greater the Evil, the greater is our desire to be rid thereof.

4. If sin be the Greatest Evil, ¹Then should it be our chiefest endeavors to be rid of sin. Every man would labor to be rid of an Evil, and the Greater the Evil, the greater is our desire to be rid thereof.

14. Sin calls for greatest endeavours to be rid of it.4. Sin calls for greatest endeavors to be rid of it.

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Now sin is the Greatest of Evils: How much more then should we labour and endeavour to be Rid of the Greatest of Evils?

Now sin is the Greatest of Evils: How much more then should we labour and endeavor to be Rid of the Greatest of Evils?

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Alas! Alas! what are all other Evils, to the Evil of Sin? which makes our good, evil. And yet to see the vileness of mens spirits, they would fain be rid of all other evils, but not of Sin: so Pharaoh—Take away this Death, this Plague. They complain of the evil caused, but not of the evil causing—of the evil punishing but not of the evil punished—Flagella dolent: Quarè Flagellantur, non dolent, saith Augustine: They howl under the present scourges and afflictions, but never lament the sin; they would fain be rid of the Pain, but yet they would fain keep the Tooth. Whereas alas! till sin be removed, the afflictions will not be removed. If they be, yet not in mercy, but in judgement: And your Present Deliverance doth but Reserve you for a severer stroke.

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Where on the contrary, If sin be removed, the affliction will be removed. They are like the Body and the Shadow; Remove the Body, and the Shadow must needs be removed. Sin is the Body; and afflictions be but the Shadow.

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Or, if the Afflictions do continue; yet, if God take away sin, the Evil of the Evil is taken way. Sin is the sting of every Affliction. Sin is that which embitters every Cross: And sin being taken away, that which is Vindictive is taken way, and that which is Medicinal, and for Salvation, doth remain. It is more fruitful, than penal: All for merciful ends, and out of merciful respects; when sin is taken away.

Or, if the Afflictions do continue; yet, if God take away sin, the Evil of the Evil is taken way. Sin is the sting of every Affliction. Sin is that which imbitters every Cross: And sin being taken away, that which is Vindictive is taken way, and that which is Medicinal, and for Salvation, doth remain. It is more fruitful, than penal: All for merciful ends, and out of merciful respects; when sin is taken away.

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1. If sin be the Greatest Evil, Then let us rather choose to fall into the Greatest Evil in the world, than into the least evil of sin.

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All other Evils have some Good in them, and are to be the Objects of Choice, in case we cannot avoid them, but we must admit of sin. Thus you see Moses did; as you may read, Heb. 11. —He chose rather to be afflicted with the people God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

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But now sin, it is All-evil, and No-good; and there is nothing in the world should make us to choose sin.

But now sin, it is All-evil, and No-good; and there is nothing in the world should make us to chuse sin.

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2. Is sin the Greatest Evil? Let this then put us on to pity and pray for such, who are under a state of sin. You pity sick Friends, poor Friends, undone Friends. But alas! what are all these evils, to the evil of sin? what is Poverty? what is Sickness? what is anything, to the Evil of Sin? All these are but Outward: this is an Inward Evil. All these are but of a Temporal nature; Death but a Conclusion to them all. But this is of an Eternal nature. All other will never make you the Object of Gods wrath and hatred.

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And therefore spend some tears, put up some prayers for such, who are under the state of sin. O (saith Abraham) that Ismael might live in thy sight! So say thou, There is such a Friend, and such a Friend, a Brother, a Father, &c. who lies under sin, is in a state of sin; Oh! that thou wouldst pity their souls! Oh! that thou wouldst snatch them out of the state of sin!

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