A77976:401
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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CHAP. XL.
Sin is opposite to all Good, and therefore a greater evil than any Affliction, opened in five things: 1 Sin take away the Excellency of all things: 2 It brings a Curse upon all: 3 Sin is a burden to Heaven and Earth, and all Creatures: 4 Sin turn the greatest Good into the greatest Evil: 5 Sin (if let alone) would bring all things to confusion.
Thirdly, Sin is opposite to all Good in General. Sin is opposite to God, and to our selves; and I say in the third place, It's against all kind of Good, and therefore a greater evil than any affliction: Now for that there be five things to be opened: only in the general, take ⟨p. 320⟩this sure Rule, There must needs be more evil in Sin than in any Affliction, because there is no other evil, but is opposite to some particular good; an Affliction is opposite to the particular good contrary to that affliction: but Sin is opposite to every good; not only is Sin opposite to the contrary virtue, but it is opposite to every good, so Divinity teacheth us; though Heathens in Morality teacheth, that one Sin is opposite to the contrary virtue, but Divinity teacheth, that one Sin is opposite to every Virtue, and every Good: which appears in Five things.
THirdly, Sin is opposite to all Good in General. Sin is opposite to God, and to our selves; and I say in the third place, It's against all kind of Good, and therefore a greater evil than any affliction: Now for that there be five things to be opened: only in the general, take