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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 60
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Sure it must be some mighty thing when such Truths as these, backed with Arguments from Scripture, strength of Reason (as all these be) cannot restrain thee. Sure it must be some wonderful thing, that must over balance all these Sermons, and all these things: what hast thou such a heart, that is set upon any sinful way, any secret haunt of Sin, that thou findest such good in it? that by it all these Truths are over balanced? Certainly there is no such good in the world, if all Creatures in the world should join together, to give some comfort to balance these Truths delivered concerning the evil of sin, all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth could not give such things as would balance it▪ Therefore certainly thou art deceived; the refore return, return, Oh Shulamite, return▪ return. Oh that the Truths delivered in this Point might be as that sudden amazing •igh that came to Saul, when he was going o• i• courses ⟨p. 480⟩of Sin, Acts, 9. there was an amazing Light came and stopped Saul in his course. Oh that God would cause the light of these glorious Truths delivered concerning this Argument, to be as an amazing light to thy soul, to stop you in the ways of Sin.
Sure it must be some mightie thing when such Truths as these, backed with Arguments from Scripture, strength of Reason (as all these be) cannot restrain thee. Sure it must be some wonderful thing, that must over ballance all these Sermons, and all these things: what hast thou such a heart, that is set upon any sinful way, anie secret hant of Sin, that thou findest such good in it? that by it all these Truths are over ballanced? Certainlie there is no such good in the world, if all Creatures in the world should joyn together, to give some comfort to ballance these Truths delivered concerning the evil of sin, all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth could not give such things as would ballance it▪ Therefore certainlie thou art deceived; the refore return, return, Oh Shulamite, return▪ return. Oh that the Truths delivered in this Point might be as that sudden amazing igh that came to Saul, when he was going o i courses