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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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Corollaries and Consequences from all the former Particulars. › Chapter 47
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CHAP. XLVII.
The Fourth Corollary.] Its worse to be given up to any way of Sin, than to be given up to the Devil: Quest. How the Delivering up to Satan, can be for the saving the Soul?
The Fourth Corollarie.] Its worse to be given up to any way of Sin, than to be given up to the Devil: Quest. How the Delivering up to Satan, can be for the saving the Soul?
A Fourth Corollary hence is this, That for any man or woman to be left to one Sin, it is worse than to be given up to the Devil. I say, it is a greater evil, a greater judgement for any man or woman to be left to any way of Sin, than to be given up to Satan: is thy soul given up to the power of any one Sin? I dare here as I stand in the presence of God, To speak the truths of God, I dare avow it; you are in a worse condition than if you should be given up to the devil. I make that good thus, In Scripture, 1 Cor 5. 5. we have an example of one that was given up to the Devil, and that in a right way, there is an Incestuous person that committed that horrible wickedness, not named among the Gentiles, that had his fathers wife and committed Incest with her: the Apostle commands him to be delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus: He was delivered to Satan; but for the destruction of the flesh; but to the end that he might have his ⟨p. 377⟩Spirit saved in the day of the Lord Jesus: So that the delivering up to Satan was a means appointed by God to save his soul: But to deliver up any one to the power of Sin, is no means to save his soul, that is a means to damn the soul, and not to save it. So then, you see the reason grounded clearly upon Scripture, That it is worse to be delivered up unto any sin than to be delivered to the Devil; for he that was delivered to Satan, it was for the saving of the soul; but he that is delivered to Sin, it is for the damning of his soul. This requires a little opening.