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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 51
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1 Ordinarily these thoughts that men have of trouble of Conscience, to be no greater matter than such melancholy conceits, they do come from gross Ignorance: thou knowest not God, thou knowest not what it is for a soul to have to deal with an infinite Deity; thou never yet haddest a real sight of an infinite Deity, with whom thou hast to deal: And it is a sad thing to think, that men and women should live a long time, and never in all their lives come to have a real sight of that infinite Majesty and Deity, with whom we have to do: It comes from ignorance of the nature of sin; thou dost not know what sin is, God hath yet blinded thine eyes that thou shouldest sin, but not know what sin is. Certainly thou dost not know the Law of God, the Spiritualness of it, and the dreadfulness of the wrath of God revealed against sin: thou dost not know what Eternity means, thou dost not apprehend what it ⟨p. 397⟩is for a soul to be in hazard of miscarrying to all Eternity. It was the Speech of Francis Spir• (as I opened in the former Chapter) I shall make use of that example further, because a notable example: Oh saith he, If I might endure the heavy wrath of God, but for twenty thousand years I should not think it much; but it must be Eternally, Eternally; I must endure the Eternal wrath of God: that lay heavy upon his spirit. Let any man or woman in the world, the stoutest, proudest spirit that lives upon the face of the Earth, think what it is to miscarry to Eternity, and this will make his spirit be troubled. Therefore its gross Ignorance in men, that makes many have such slight thoughts of trouble of conscience for sin.
1 Ordinarily these thoughts that men have of trouble of Conscience, to be no greater matter than such melanchoby conceits, they do come from gross Ignorance: thou knowest not God, thou knowest not what it is for a soul to have to deal with an infinite Deity; thou never yet hadest a real sight of an infinite Deity, with whom thou hast to deal: And it is a sad thing to think, that men and women should live a long time, and never in all their lives come to have a real sight of that infinite Majestie and Deitie, with whom we have to do: It comes from ignorance of the nature of sin; thou dost not know what sin is, God hath yet blinded thine eyes that thou shouldest sin, but not know what sin is. Certainly thou dost not know the Law of God, the Spiritualness of it, and the d•eadfulness of the wrath of God revealed against sin: thou dost not know what Eternty means, thou dost not apprehend what it