A Body of Practical Divinity

2. Sin disquiets the Peace of the Soul: whatever defiles, disturbs; as Poison tortures the Bowels, corrupts the Blood, so doth Sin the Soul. Isa. 57.21. Sin breeds a trembling at the heart; it creates fears, and there is torment in fear, 1 John 4.18. Sin makes sad Convulsions in the Conscience. Judas was so terrified with guilt and horror, that he hangs himself to quiet his Conscience. And is not he like to to be well cured, that throws himself into Hell for ease?

2. Sin disquiets the Peace of the Soul: whatever defiles, disturbs; as Poison tortures the Bowels, corrupts the Blood, so doth Sin the Soul. Isa. 57.21. Sin breeds a trembling at the heart; it creates fears, and there is torment in fear, 1 Iohn 4.18. Sin makes sad Convulsions in the Conscience. Iudas was so terrified with guilt and horrour, that he hangs himself to quiet his Conscience. And is not he like to to be well cured, that throws himself into Hell for ease?

3. Sin produceth all Temporal Evil. Lam. 1.8. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, ergo she is removed. It is the Trojan Horse, it hath Sword, and Famine, and Pestilence in the Belly of it. Sin is a Coal, that not only blacks but burns. Sin creates all our Troubles; it puts Gravel into our Bread, Wormwood in our Cup. Sin rots the Name, consumes the Estate, buries Relations. Sin shoots the flying Roll of God's Curses into a Family and Kingdom, Zach. 5.4. It is reported of Phocas, having built a Wall of mighty strength about his City, there was a voice heard, [Greek or Hebrew], Sin is within the City, and that will throw down the Wall.