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

3. Lastly, Is sin so Great an Evil? Then see What cause we have to humble our souls before God this day, That we have had such slight thoughts of sin, who hath thus judged sin to be the Greatest of all Evils: What slight thoughts have we of sin? we can swallow it, without fear; we can live in it, without sense; we can commit it, without remorse. All which shew•, ⟨p. 27⟩we have but slight thoughts of sin, we do not apprehend sin to be such an evil as indeed it is.

3. Lastly, Is sin so Great an Evil? Then see What cause we have to humble our souls before God this day, That vve have had such slight thoughts of sin, vvho hath thus judged sin to be the Greatest of all Evils: What slight thoughts have vve of sin? vve can svvallovv it, vvithout fear; vve can live in it, vvithout sense; vve can commit it, vvithout remorse. All vvhich shevv•, ⟨p. 27⟩vve have but slight thoughts of sin, vve do not apprehend sin to be such an evil as indeed it is.

Nay, How faulty are Gods people themselves here? What mean thoughts have they of sin?

Nay, Hovv faulty are Gods people themselves here? What mean thoughts have they of sin?

They are not so watchful against it, not so Burdened with it, not so troubled for it, as they ought to be. All which shows, that though sin do appear to them, to be A great Evil, and, The Greatest of all other Evils, yet they do not apprehend it to be so Great an Evil as it is.