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The Evil of Evils
The eighth book of Mr Jeremiah Burroughs. Being a treatise of the evil of evils, or the exceeding sinfulness of sin. Wherein is showed, 1 There is more evil in the least sin, than there is in the greatest affliction. 2 Sin is most opposite to God. 3 Sin is most opposite to mans good. 4 Sin is opposite to all good in general. 5 Sin is the poison, or evil of all other evils. 6 Sin hath a kind of infiniteness in it. 7 Sin makes a man conformable to the Devil. All these several heads are branched out into very many particulars. / Published by Thomas Goodwin, William Bridge, Sydrach Simpson, William Adderly, [double brace] William Greenhil, Philip Nigh, John Yates.The eighth book of Mr Jeremiah Burroughs. Being a treatise of the evil of evils, or the exceeding sinfulness of sin. Wherein is shewed, 1 There is more evil in the least sin, than there is in the greatest affliction. 2 Sin is most opposite to God. 3 Sin is most opposite to mans good. 4 Sin is opposite to all good in general. 5 Sin is the poyson, or evil of all other evils. 6 Sin hath a kind of infiniteness in it. 7 Sin makes a man conformable to the Devil. All these several heads are branched out into very many particulars. / Published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Bridge, Sydrach Sympson, William Adderly, [double brace] William Greenhil, Philip Nye, John Yates.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1654
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THE EVIL of EVILS: OR, The Exceeding Sinfulness OF SIN. › Chapter 7
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2 Sin is so opposite to God, that if it were possible that the least drop of it could get into Gods Nature, God would instantly cease to be a God, He could not continue one moment to be a God any longer; such evil there is in sin. If there should be such a Poison, that if one drop of it should come into the Ocean, all the whole Ocean would be at an instant poisoned; yea, all destroyed and annihilated in one instant; you would say that were a very fearful Poison. If a drop of Poison should be so poysonful, that if one drop of it got into Heaven, that then presently the Sun, Moon, and Stars would fall down, and be annihilated; you would say this were a venomous Poison. Certainly if but one drop of sin should get into God, the infinite Being of God would instantly cease to be. The Sea, though vast, is not infinite; the Heaven, though vast, is not infinite; the infinite God would have no Being at all if sin should get into God; therefore it is very evil: Therefore (also) we ⟨p. 37⟩ought to have holy thoughts of God, seeing sin is so infinitely contrary to his Nature.
2 Sin is so opposite to God, that if it were possible that the least drop of it could get into Gods Nature, God would instantly cease to be a God, He could not continue one moment to be a God any longer; such evil there is in sin. If there should be such a Poyson, that if one drop of it should come into the Ocean, all the whol Ocean would be at an instant poysoned; yea, all destroyed and anihilated in one instant; you would say that were a very fearful Poyson. If a drop of Poyson should be so poysonful, that if one drop of it got into Heaven, that then presently the Sun, Moon, and Stars would fal down, and be anihilated; you would say this were a venemous Poyson. Certainly if but one drop of sin should get into God, the infinite Being of God would instantly cease to be. The Sea, though vast, is not infinite; the Heaven, though vast, is not infinite; the infinite God would have no Being at all if sin should get into God; therefore it is very evil: Therfore (also) we ⟨p. 37⟩ought to have holy thoughts of God, seeing sin is so infinitely contrary to his Nature.