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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE EVIL of EVILS: OR, The Exceeding Sinfulness OF SIN. › Chapter 11
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2 Thou doest wrong to his Justice, in that by ways of Sin, thou doest as much as in thee lies even accuse the ways of God for unjust-ways, and not equal, but that your ways be more just and equal than Gods. Therefore God in Scripture reasons the Case with his People, What are not my ways equal, are not your ways unequal? Ezek. 18. 29. Certainly there is this in sin, for if you account not your ways more equal, why choose you them?
2 Thou doest wrong to his Justice, in that by waies of Sin, thou doest as much as in thee lies even accuse the waies of God for unjust-waies, and not equal, but that your waies be more just and equal than Gods. Therefore God in Scripture reasons the Case with his People, What are not my waies equal, are not your waies unequal? Ezek. 18. 29. Certainly there is this in sin, for if you account not your waies more equal, why chuse you them?
Eighthly, You wrong God in his Truth: As if all Gods threatenings against the ways of Sin ⟨p. 67⟩you walk in were nothing but a Tale and a Lie, as if all the Promises God hath made in his word of grace and mercy to poor Sinners that will come in and repent, they were all but a Lie: thus Sin wrongs God in his Truth, Hence it is that a Sinner is in a woeful estate, because he hath thus wronged God; he hath therefore all the Attributes of God pleading against him, yea, they are continually against thee. Therefore look to it, till your Sins be done away in Christ, and your Souls cleansed in him, both night and day all the Attributes of God are pleading against thee for to require that wrong you have done to them may be righted upon thee. A man is in a sad condition if he have but divers thousands of men come to plead against him, and these cry out for Justice, justice, upon him! but if a man have a whole Kingdom, and every one comes and cries Justice! Justice! upon this man that hath wronged this Kingdom, this man is in a woeful estate, but I speak of every Sinner before God, if that thy sins be not done away in Christ, know it is not a whole Kingdom speaks against thee, but all the divine Attributes, all the Attributes of God be continually before the Lord, crying out against thee, Justice against this sin; he hath wronged me saith one, and me saith another, and me saith another, and thus, and thus, and thus, and therefore thou art in an evil condition, and it is much that thou shouldest sleep quietly when all Gods Attributes plead against thee, it is a hard case when the Devil pleads against a man, and but accuse him, and