The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission

4. How little soever they should be in their own nature, they become great by thy allowance. The nature of Sin stands not so much in the material part of it, which is often little, but principally in the form or anomy, which is the breach of Gods Law, and also in the manner or carriage of the heart in its Commission. A Sin may be great in abstracto, ⟨p. 432⟩as the fact is measured by the Law, and as the matter of it may be, and yet small in concreto; and by circumstances as not allowed of, or domineering in the Soul. On the other side, a Sin may be small, as measured by the Law, or according to the nature of the fact; and yet great by circumstances, as liked and approved by us. In a Corporation, a man of a great Estate and Quality may be an inferior and underling in point of Authority and Sway; and one that is of small Estate or Degree may be chief Governor. Sick Bodies love to be gratified with some little bit which they love, though it never so much favour their Disease. As some Favours we receive from God are little in their kind, but great in their circumstances, and so very engaging to the Creature; as to have a little Food sent in, when a man is starving, &c. So there are some Sins which may be small in their nature, but by the time when, or wilfulness of the Sinner, may be very great. For a man to commit a Sin materially greater, is not so great a Sin as to commit a lesser with deliberation. To commit actual ⟨p. 433⟩Adultery out of ignorance, or for want of advice, is not so great a Sin, as for a man to be guilty of adulterous thoughts with allowance, and advisedly. Reader, take heed of this, for thou wilt find at last that it will be an hard thing to give them comfort, who sin with counsel, though in small matters. A sin little in its nature, the more it's allowed, and the more wilfully committed, the greater it is; nay, it may be much greater than Sins materially greater; if these be not committed plena voluntate, with a full consent of will. As a little stone thrown with a strong Arm will do more harm than a much greater stone thrown with a weak Arm. So a little Sin committed with security, deliberation, and allowance, will more wast the Conscience, and wound the Soul, than far greater out of infirmity and inadvertency. Petty Princes usually prove the cruellest Tyrants, and do the most mischief to their Subjects.