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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 58
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Use 7. If there be so much evil in sin, how dreadful a thing it is for men or women to delight in sin.
Use VII. IF there be so much evil in sin as you have heard, mark then further what follows: What a dreadful thing is it for men and women to delight in sin, and rejoice in sinful ways, to make a sport of sin: What infinite impudency is this for a Creature to make merry and rejoice in Sin against God? Hast thou nothing to be merry withal? Hast thou nothing to rejoice in but sinning against the Almighty? What? shall there be so much revealed to thee concerning the dreadful evil of thy sins, and yet you so far from being convinced, ⟨p. 463⟩that there is so much evil in it, as you rather look upon it, as having more good in it, than there is in God himself, and Christ, and Heaven, and all the glorious things of eternal life? for so doth every man and woman that makes any sinful way their chief joy; I say, they are so far from being convinced of so much evil in it, as hath been declared, as that they do rejoice in it, as if there were more good in it, than there is in God himself, or Christ, or any thing revealed in the Word concerning the treasures of the riches of the grace of God in Christ; this is horrible wickedness: it is an horrible evil in thy heart, that such an evil as sin is, should be so suitable to thy heart; that there should be any suitableness between thy heart, and so great an evil as sin is: yea, note that thou hast a very cursed heart, that should be suitable to that which is so evil; a very poisonous heart, that there should be so much agreement between that which is so poisonous, and the temper of thy heart: True, a toad will take poison, and it is suitable to it, it lives upon it, and takes delight in it, as you do in meat and drink: Now those that can make Sin their meat and drink; as Christ saith, It is meat and drink to do the Will of my Father; so it is meat and drink to many ungodly men and women to do wickedly. Now hereby thou art declared to be a toad, to be of a venomous nature, that hast such a suitableness between thy Nature and Sin. Sure nothing but a venomous toad can delight in poison: so nothing but a heart more venomous and loath some ⟨p. 464⟩