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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 18
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CHAP. XVIII.
The Fourth Corollary.] Admire the Patience of God in seeing so much Sin in the World, and yet bear it.
The Fourth Corollarie.] Admire the Patience of God in seeing so much Sin in the World, and yet bear it.
Fourthly, If this be so, that sin is so much against God, doth so much wrong God, Hence then we have all cause to stand and admire at the infinite patience of the great God that shall behold so much sin in the world from such poor wretched vile Creatures, and yet shall bear it: 'Tis true, those that do not know how sin doth make against God, strikes at him, and wrongs him; they are not so much taken with the patience of God, and with the long suffering of God: But now that man or woman that comes to know how sin wrongs God, and comes to understand this, such a one cannot but to amazement stand and wonder at ⟨p. 93⟩Gods infinite patience; that such a great God who seeth himself so struck at, fought against, opposed, and wronged by such wretched Creatures, that yet he doth forbear crushing them too pieces presently. I beseech you Brethren consider, do but take along with you what I have said about Sin, how it is against God, and then consider, how all sins that are committed, God is present at it, stands and looks upon it. Do but think sometimes with your selves, when you are among a great concourse of people, among a company of profane wretched people, as in Markets, Fairs, Taverns, Inns, and Ale-houses, how is Gods Name blasphemed there? What daring of the blessed God? what scorning and contemning of his Word and Sacraments and Ordinances? well, and now carry along that thought, how God is wronged in all these, struck at in all this, and what an infinite God this is; and then think how God stands by them, heareth every Oath, seeth every filthy act of Uncleanness, seeth every Drunkard, and yet when the least word of his mouth were enough to sink them to the bottomless-pit; yet God is patient the first, second, and third time; yea, a hundred times: Perhaps thou hast been a Blasphemer twenty years; forty years a Swearer: and when thou comest in company, Oh the wicked Oaths that come from thee! and hideous Uncleanness, and abominable wickedness! and yet God stands by, and looks upon the Swearer, and is patient all the while. Certainly Brethren, there is no man in all the world