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6. Take an affliction, and though it be never so great, a man may be a blessed man in the worst affliction; Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered, Psal. 32. 1. but he cannot be a blessed man that lies in sin. Cursed is every ⟨p. 9⟩man that continueth not in all things written in the Law to do them, Gal. 3. 10. Thus you see, the least sin is worse than the greatest affliction, therefore certainly the evil of sin is very great. That's the 9th.

10. Look what that evil is that God doth punish with the greatest severity, both in His own and others, (though it be but small in our eyes) that must needs be exceeding evil; Now he doth severely punish that which we look upon as a small sin, both in his own, and others. In his own, you think it was no great matter for Adam to eat the forbidden fruit; You think Moses was but a little in passion with the Children of Israel, for which he was kept out of Canaan; And you think it was no great matter for Uzza to stay the Ark when it was falling: yet God punished these small sins, small in our eyes, he punished them severely in his own people. And as for others, Because there is an infinite evil in sin, and God doth justly punish, he punisheth them to all eternity for the least sin: for amongst men, it is just to punish till a man repenteth; but in Hell men never repent, therefore God punisheth them to all eternity. So that God doth punish sin with the greatest severity both in ⟨p. 10⟩his own, and others; therefore surely it is very evil.

10. Look what that evil is that God doth punish with the greatest severity, both in His own and others, (though it be but small in our eyes) that must needs be exceeding evil; Now he doth severely punish that which we look upon as a small sin, both in his own, and others. In his own, you think it was no great matter for Adam to eat the forbidden fruit; You think Moses was but a little in passion with the Children of Israel, for which he was kept out of Canaan; And you think it was no great matter for Ʋzza to stay the Ark when it was falling: yet God punished these small sins, small in our eyes, he punished them severely in his own people. And as for others, Because there is an infinite evil in sin, and God doth justly punish, he punisheth them to all eternity for the least sin: for amongst men, it is just to punish till a man repenteth; but in Hell men never repent, therefore God punisheth them to all eternity. So that God doth punish sin with the greatest severity both in