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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 53
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3 Therefore, Whatsoever is got by sin, it must be cast away, or else thy soul is cast away: It must be restored again, there must be restitution made to the utmost of thy power, for any thing got in a sinful way; for there is so much evil in the way of sin, that God will not have any man by any means in the world, enjoy comforts that come that way; God himself doth so hate Sin, and he would have all his people so hate Sin, that he would not have any one in the world have any comfort by Sin. Therefore as soon as ever any ones Conscience comes to be enlightened, to understand what Sin means, if they find that there be any thing in the house, got in a sinful way, they can never be quiet till they have rendered it back again; the sight of it strikes terror into them, they cannot endure to come into the room to see that got in a sinful way. There have been some have got much by ways of Sin, and when they have lain upon their sick and death beds, and conscience awakened, Oh they have cried for Gods sake take them from my sight; they could not bear such things in their ⟨p. 433⟩sight, that they have got in the ways of sin. As Judas got thirty pieces, out of a covetous humour he would have money, and not be so poor as the other Disciples, but he gets money in a sinful way: but when Conscience came to be awakened, and terrified, he goeth, and a kind of vengeance goeth with him, he goeth and throweth it to the Scribes and Pharisees; he throws them down, they were to hot for him, he could not endure the scalding of them in his Conscience, they were even as it were melted in his Soul, he could not keep the thirty pieces, they were so terrible to him.
3 Therefore, Whatsoever is got by sin, it must be cast away, or else thy soul is cast away: It must be restored again, there must be restitution made to the utmost of thy power, for any thing got in a sinful way; for there is so much evil in the way of sin, that God will not have any man by any means in the world, enjoy comforts that come that way; God himself doth so hate Sin, and he would have all his people so hate Sin, that he would not have any one in the world have any comfort by Sin. Therefore as soon as ever anie ones Conscience comes to be enlightened, to understand what Sin means, if they find that there be any thing in the house, got in a sinful way, they can never be quiet til they have render'd it back again; the sight of it strikes terror into them, they cannot endure to come into the room to see that got in a sinful way. There have been some have got much by waies of Sin, and when they have lain upon their sick and death beds, and conscience awakened, Oh they have cried for Gods sake take them from my sight; they could not bear such things in their