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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 22
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The Eight Corollary.] If Sin doth so much against God, hence see why God manifest such sore displeasure against sin as he doth: 1 Against the Angels that sinned. 2 Against all Adams Posterity. 3 See it in Gods giving the Law against sin. 4 See it in Gods punishing sins that are accounted small. 5 See it in Gods destroying all the world for sin. 6 See his displeasure in punishing sin eternally.
The Eight Corollarie.] If Sin doth so much against God, hence see why God manifest such sore displeasure against sin as he doth: 1 Against the Angels that sinned. 2 Against all Adams Posterity. 3 See it in Gods giving the Law against sin. 4 See it in Gods punishing sins that are accounted smal. 5 See it in Gods destroying all the world for sin. 6 See his displeasure in punishing sin eternally.
Eighthly, This is one Consequence follows, If sin be so great an evil as you have heard, so much against God, wrongs God so much as it doth, and strikes at God; Hence then we see the reason why God manifests such sore displeasure against sin. We find (Brethren) most dreadful manifestations of Gods displeasure against sin, and the ground and bottom of them is in these things which you have heard opened unto you. And indeed did you understand and believe what hath been opened unto you concerning sins opposition of God, you could not then wonder at Gods manifestation of his displeasure against sin. There are manifold Manifestations of Gods displeasure against sin, which ⟨p. 113⟩when they be spoken of, and opened unto people that do not understand the dreadful evil that is in sin, they stand and wonder at it, and think, Oh they be hard and severe things. When Ministers reveal the threatenings of God against sin, Oh say they, God forbid, we hope God is more merciful than so; and all because they apprehend not what dreadful evil there is in sin. That soul that apprehends and believes these particulars that have been opened unto you, cannot but justify God when they hear the revelation, and the manifestation of the displeasure of God against sin. As now in these Particulars: That which hath been delivered is the bottom and ground of these that we shall mention, and we see the reason of all these. As