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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 50
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CHAP. L.
Use I. Show that trouble of Conscience for Sin, is another manner of business than Melancholy, or timorousness.
Use I. Shew that trouble of Conscience for Sin, is another manner of business than Melancholly, or timerousness.
Use I. Hence follows this plainly from all that have been spoken, if sin be worse than any affliction, and not to be chosen rather than Affliction; Hence it follows, Then that trouble of Conscience for Sin certainly is another manner of business than merely Melancholy distemper, it comes not from Melancholy, nor foolish timorousness, and the like. There is another manner of business in trouble of Conscience for Sin then the world thinks for; this is the First Use that follows from all that hath been delivered. Me thinks all of you should yield to the strength of this Consequence: If you have heard or read what I have opened: you that have heard all, or read it, it should take this effect in you all: Well then by what I have heard now, I come to understand what the meaning of trouble of Conscience for sin is. I have heard (heretofore) of many men and women troubled for sin, and I wondered what it meant, I wondered what it was that troubled them; many young people may be heirs of great estates ⟨p. 386⟩and excellent good friends, of healthful bodies, in good trades, all well about them; and yet mightily troubled for sin. yea, perhaps some that to the view of the world lived very civilly, yet had in secret been guilty of some notorious profane course, and yet when God shall but settle any one sin upon their hearts, and trouble their Consciences for any one sin; they could not bear the horror of their Conscience for this one sin. Well, this I have heard of the evil of sin, tells me I have had mistaken thoughts about it; I thought all was melancholiness, and even madness, and the Physician must be sent for, and merry company sent for, because men and women have such poor and mean apprehensions of the evil of sin. and therefore when any are troubled in Conscience for Sin, Oh then get him into merry company, get a pair of cards, make them play a fit of Music, go to some business in the world, put themselves upon business, one thing or other, drink down their trouble, play down their trouble, thus many have slight thoughts of trouble of Conscience: And therefore when in their Children, they cry out, Oh! my Child will certainly run mad, is grown mad; many carnal men and women when their Children begin to think of sin, they think verily they begin to run mad: