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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Corollaries and Consequences from all the former Particulars. › Chapter 55
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This I would advise those gracious and godly, that do indeed ⟨p. 450⟩make Conscience of small Sins, and do well in making Conscience of small things; I give you these Two Instructions to carry along with you, as you do make Conscience of small things, and you do well in it, because there is so much Evil in Sin. So,
This I would advise those gracious and godlie, that do indeed ⟨p. 450⟩make Conscience of small Sins, and do well in making Conscience of small things; I give you these Two Instructions to carrie along with you, as you do make Conscience of small things, and you do well in it, because there is so much Evil in Sin. So,
The First Instruction, Be sure your Course be even this way, that as you seem to make Conscience of some things small; so make Conscience of all: Let not men of the world, that observe your ways, find you tripping, and have just cause to say, These men seem scrupulous in small things, but in other ways, they give liberty enough to themselves. And (say they) though they will not swear, they will lye; and such like aspersions, sometimes through malice, the men of the world cast upon Profession. But I speak to you in the name of the Lord, take heed you give not occasion to the men of the world to say so; to say, I, these be so scrupulous in Ceremonies, and so nice in these things; though certainly we are bound to be so, for God is a jealous God, and if in any thing we be Conscientious, we must in his Worship be Conscientious there; but then you had need be so much the more careful, that they find you exact in every thing that you do. You servants, perhaps you inquire after the Worship of God, you young people; and it is a great mercy of God, that God stirs up young ones to inquire after the true worship of God, and not to worship God in that ignorance that your fore-fathers did; that took up every thing upon custom, or the use of the Parish they lived in; ⟨p. 451⟩