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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 15
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XV.
The First Corollary.] It appears by this, That but few men know what they do when they Sin against GOD.
The First Corollarie.] It appears by this, That but few men know what they do when they Sin against GOD.
FIRST from this, Certainly it doth evidently appear that there are but few men that know what they do in sinning against God, nor have not known all this while. It was the Complaint of the Prophet Jeremiah, No man saith, What have I done? Certainly men in ways of sin never say, Oh Lord, what have I done? Give me but that man or woman that have gone on in ways of sin, that have imagined they have wronged God so much; that they have done so much against the infinite eternal glorious God. They think indeed they have done amiss, what they should not do; but it is another manner of matter, it is not only doing what you should not do, but it is a wrong to the infinite glorious God, and therefore certainly it appears but few men know God, or know Sin; neither know what that God is with whom they have to deal; neither know what sin is, and how it makes against that God with whom they have to deal; if men did only know God, ⟨p. 81⟩it were enough to keep them from sin. And there is a notable place in the 1 John 2. He that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. If there be any man in the Congregation that saith he knows God, and keepeth not his Commandments, he lies saith the Holy Ghost. What, doest thou know God, man or woman? Sinner, Man or woman doest thou know God, that infinite glorious eternal God, with whom thou hast to do? and not to keep his Commandments, but goest on in ways of sin? Certainly thou art a Liar. It may be many of you are apt to say, We know God, what need we have so much of God Preached? If you say you know God and keep not his Commandments, you are a Liar. But now join these together, To know what a glorious God this is, and how sin works against this God. Some knows somewhat of Gods Attributes, and can discourse of him, yet perhaps never knew before how sin made against this God, this is that people fail in; certainly both together hath not been known by most people. I remember a Speech I have read of a German Divine upon his sick Bed; he cries out thus, In this Disease I have learned what Sin is, and how great the Majesty of God is: These together. We cannot know what sin is, except we know how great the Majesty of God is;