The Doctrine of Repentance

2. Compare sin with Hell, and you shall see that sin is worse. Torment hath its emphasis in Hell, yet nothing there, is of so bad an aspect as sin. 1. Hell is of Gods making; but sin is none of his making. Sin is the Devils creature. 2. The torments of Hell are a burden only to the sinner, but sin is a burden to God. Amos 2. 13. I am pressed under you, as a Cart is pressed with sheaves. 3. In the torments of Hell there is something that is good, namely, the execution of divine justice. There is justice to be found in Hell: but sin is a piece of the highest injustice; it would▪ rob God of his glory, Christ of his purchase, the soul of its happiness: Judge then if sin be not a most hateful thing, that is worse than affliction or Hell.

4. Look upon sin in the issue and consequence, and it will appear hateful.¹

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Sin reacheth the body; it hath exposed it to variety of miseries. We come into ⟨p. 62⟩the world with a •ry, and go out with a groan; which made the Thracians weep^* on their children's birth-day, to consider the calamities they were to undergo in the world. Sin is the Trojan Horse, out of which come a whole Army of troubles. I need not name them, because almost every one feels them. While we suck the honey, we are pricked with the briar. Sin gives a dash in the wine of our comforts; it digs our grave,