A44348:164
An exposition of the principles of religion
An exposition of the principles of religion by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. In sin there are two branches, the evil of it, and the punishment of it.
A. In sinne there are two branches, the evill of it, and the punishment of it.
Q. Which is worse of these two?
A. The evil of sin, for
A. The evill of sinne, for
1. that which deprives a man of the chiefest good, must needs be the greatest evil, but sin deprives the soul of God the chiefest good.
1. that which deprives a man of the chiefest good, must needs be the greatest evill, but sinne deprives the soule of God the chiefest good.