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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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then it will be so strange a thing, to such as have slight thoughts of it, that the very strangeness of trouble of Conscience for sin, will amaze them, that they, will not know what in the world to do. This is a Fifth thing, When trouble comes upon them, God may justly leave them under trouble.
then it will be so strange a thing, to such as have slight thoughts of it, that the very strangness of trouble of Conscience for sin, will amaze them, that they, wil not know what in the world to do. This is a Fifth thing, When trouble comes upon them, God may justly leave them under trouble.
A Sixth thing, I would say to such that have slight thoughts about trouble of Conscience for sin, is this. These thoughts of yours do take away a chief restraint of sin, and causes you to disregard all the Authority ⟨p. 406⟩of the Word: There be these Two fearful Evils that do, follow upon your slight thoughts of trouble of CONSCIENCE, for SIN.
1 They take away that which is the chief Restraint of Sin. There are many outward restraints to keep men and women from sin, but all outward restraints from sin are nothing to the restraints of Conscience; a man that hath a tender Conscience, hath the greatest restraint of sin that can be, no restraint like to that; but one that is so far from a tender Conscience; that he thinks trouble of Conscience is a melancholy conceit, such a man hath no restraint (to purpose) from sin: he may have restraints from outward and gross sins, but from close, secret sins, he hath none. Now it is a great evil to a man, that the hinderances to secret sins be taken away, and he gives himself liberty in secret sins.