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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 63
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CHAP. LXIII.
Use 13. If there be so much evil in sin, Then its a fearful thing for any to be instrumental to draw others to sin.
WE are now to finish that Tractate about the greatness of the evil of Sin: It hath been an Argument that hath much increased in our hands, like unto the bread, the Loaves that Christ did break unto the People, that in the very breaking did multiply; and so hath this Argument done: but we are now to put a period to it. Many Uses you know hath been made already, as Corollaries and Consequences, from that great Doctrine of the evil of Sin, that Sin is a greater evil than Affliction: The last day the especial aim and intention of the Application was, Therefore ⟨p. 492⟩to drive Sinners to Jesus Christ, seeing there is so much evil in Sin more than in all Affliction: Oh what need have we (who are such great Sinners) of Jesus Christ, that is the Propitiation for Sin? I have only one Note to ad further on that, and we shall proceed; it is an Excellent Expression I find in Luther, saith he, There is a great deal of difference between the Consequencia Legis, and Consequencia Evangelii. There is a Consequence of the Law, and that is this, Thou hast sinned, and therefore thou must be damned: But the Consequence of the Gospel is this, Thou hast sinned, therefore go to Jesus Christ; that is the Argument the Gospel uses from Sin. But passing by all we have said concerning that Use, we proceed to further Applications that are behind. Four or Five Uses we are to speak of, and then we shall have done with the Point: I will be brief upon the first Two or Three, and the Two last we shall stick most upon.