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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 60
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.
whether art thou going? from God, from Comfort, from Life, from Happiness, from all good whatsoever, thou art going! I call Heaven and Earth to record, that these things that I have delivered to you concerning the evil of sin, are the ⟨p. 478⟩Truths of God, and have been the Truths of God: And certainly what I have delivered, and you read, concerning the evil of sin, it will come and rise up one day against every sinful man and woman that doth go on in any known way of Sin; and it will prove as scalding lead in thy Conscience: Every Truth thou hast heard, and every Chapter thou hast read, concerning the evil of Sin, I say, if yet thou goest on in any one known way of Sin, it will one day be as scalding lead in thy Conscience; the dropping of scalding lead in the eyes of a man, will not be more terrible to him, than the droppings in of these Truths will be in thy Conscience another day. Now it will be a sad thing, my Brethren, if God should send me amongst you by his Providence, only to aggravate any of your Condemnations: God forbid, there should be this Errand sent amongst you, that any of his Messengers should be sent for this end, to aggravate your condemnation: this is that which is the prayers of my soul, that this may not be the Errand I am sent for, if possible; not to seal the condemnation of any one soul: But this I know, except there be great reformation among many, certainly the very Errand God intended in the conclusion (though I do not say that is the primary, and first end, but it is that which will prove so in the conclusion) through the stubbornness of the hearts of sinners, that will prove the Aggravation of their condemnation. Wherefore yet let me labour with your souls; who knows whether any of you shall hear me preach any one ⟨p. 479⟩Sermon more? whether ever God will call after you any more? to stop or turn in the ways of Sin? whether ever you shall hear the Word more? Perhaps God will sear your conscience, and say to him that is filthy, let him be filthy▪ God now speaks to you, and cries after you, if you harden your hearts now, it is more than Angels or men know, whether ever you will have one cry more. Therefore let me abide here; tell me Oh Sinner what is it thou gettest in ways of sin that thou wilt dwell here? what is it the world hath to draw thy heart from the strength of all these Truths delivered in these Sermons?