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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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1 When there is sin and affliction, affliction comes out of Gods revenge for sin: God looks upon the guilty Creature with indignation and wrath: Here's a wretch that hath been bold, thus to sin against me, and now my hand shall be upon him. And so when the sinner is under Gods hand, God is so far from looking upon him with pity and compassion, that he looks upon him with indignation and wrath, as an Enemy to him when he looks upon the sinner that is got under him: and this is a sore evil, that when God, that is the God of all mercy, and of infinite compassion, yet when he gets a wretched sinner under him, he shall look upon him in the depth of his affliction, with indignation and wrath, as a loathsome Creature, as loathing and abhorring this Creature under his wrath: he shall be cast out in his wrath, God casts out a Sinner and curses him, when he looks upon him in such a manner.
1 When there is sin and affliction, affliction comes out of Gods revenge for sin: God looks upon the guiltie Creature with indignation and wrath: Here's a wretch that hath been bold, thus to sin against me, and now my hand shall be upon him. And so when the sinner is under Gods hand, God is so far from looking upon him with pitie and compassion, that he looks upon him with indignation and wrath, as an Enemy to him when he looks upon the sinner that is got under him: and this is a sore evil, that when God, that is the God of all mercy, and of infinite compassion, yet when he gets a wretched sinner under him, he shall look upon him in the depth of his affliction, with indignation and wrath, as a loathsom Creature, as loathing and abhorring this Creature under his wrath: he shall be cast out in his wrath, God casts out a Sinner and curses him, when he looks upon him in such a manner.
2 The Curse of afflictions when it comes in such a manner in way of sin is in this, God regards neither the time, nor the manner, or the measure of the affliction: whether it be a time seasonable for the Sinner or no, nor the manner, nor the measure, ⟨p. 334⟩