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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 63
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.
Quest. What do you mean (will you say) by this Spiritual Restitution?
Answ. This I mean, That if those be alive that thou hast drawn to sin, thou art bound to this part of Restitution; that is, To go to them and to undo what possibly thou canst what thou hast done; and now to tell them of the evil of that sin, and to do them all the good for their Souls that possibly thou canst: Now to show to them, how God hath convinced thee, and what the work of God hath been upon thee, and how heavy and dreadful sin hath been made to thee, and to beseech them for the Lords sake, to look to themselves, and to consider of their estates, and to repent of that their sin, that you were the cause to bring them to: And so, if there be any means in the world whereby thou canst do good unto their Souls, thou art bound to do it; yea, to them, their children, their friends, as you are bound to make restitution unto the next friends and heirs of those that you have wronged in their goods, if the party wronged be dead. So if those should be dead thou hast drawn to sin, suppose when thou wast young, thou drewest such a man to drunkenness, adultery, or the like, and they be dead and gone; thou art bound to do good to the souls of their Children: for know, according to the nature of the wrong, must the Restitution be; One text is observable for this, to show that according to the nature of the wrong must the restitution be to the utmost that can be, Exod. 22. 5. If a man shall cause a Field, or Vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his Beast, and shall feed in another mans field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. ⟨p. 498⟩This is the scope of the holy Ghost in this text of Scripture, That if any one shall wrong another in his vineyard, or his field, he shall make restitution: (and mark what the text saith) not in any slight manner, but of the best of his field, and vineyard: he must not say, I warrant my Cattle did not do any hurt, but eat a little of the worst, and I will make restitution of the worst; no, but must make restitution of the best of his field and vineyard: he must not think to get off with a barren piece of ground, but with the best must he make restitution. This shows what a full restitution God will have. So then if a man hath wronged his neighbour in his vineyard, tis not enough for him to say, I will make restitution in my barren ground;