A77976:383
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.
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. XXXIX.
He that Sins, wrongeth, despiseth, and hateth his own Soul. Use 1. Then see the maliciousness that is in Sin. Use 2. To pity those that go on in sinful ways. Use 3. Let Sin be dealt hardly with.
He that Sins, wrongeth, dispiseth, and hateth his own Soul. Use 1. Then see the malitiousness that is in Sin. Use 2. To pitty those that go on in sinful wayes. Use 3. Let Sin be dealt hardly with.
Thus we have Discovered how Sin makes more against our good, than Affliction doth. Now there be divers things which follow hence as Consequences: I spake of one or two before, I will name them no more: But only thus far, Hence we see that sin makes more against our selves, than any thing else; Therefore it is the worst way for any to provide for themselves by giving way to live in any sinful course. And for this I shall ad Two or Three Scriptures I spake not of before, to show how men go against themselves, and those men that think to provide best for themselves, the truth is in the ways of sin, they go most against themselves: You have these Three notable Expressions for this in Scripture:
THus we have Discovered how Sin makes more against our good, than Affliction doth. Now there be divers things which follow hence as Consequences: I spake of one or two before, I will name them no more: But only thus far, Hence we see that sin makes more against our selves, than any thing else; Therefore it is the worst way for any to provide for themselves by giving way to live in any sinful course. And for this I shall ad Two or Three Scriptures I spake not of before, to shew how men go against themselves, and those men that think to provide best for themselves, the truth is in the wayes of sin, they go most against themselves: You have these Three notable Expressions for this in Scripture: