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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 66
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it may be these poor ⟨p. 506⟩Creatures thus miserable, their hearts be full of Atheism, live without a God in the World, know not God, know not Christ, know nothing of their IMMORTAL SOULS, know nothing of another Life, live just like Brute Creatures, in all filthy uncleanness; it may be suffer for their wickedness before men, are whipped, put in the Stocks, or Cage, lie in dark Dungeons, in cold, nakedness, and hunger, and all for their sin and wickedness: what woeful Creatures are these, and how many hundreds, nay thousands, have you of this kind of Creatures in this Stepney, that are such objects of pity, that me thinks should make all your hearts bleed when you consider them, and how many you have of them in this place: were it, I confess, that the charge of Souls in this place should lie upon me, I should think I had work enough to do with such poor Creatures as these; if I should live Methuselah's days, and should make every day to be more hours than twenty four; yet work enough for all my time; I should think I had little time for any refreshment any other way; knowing how many poor souls are in such a condition that perhaps are not only outwardly miserable, and inwardly poor; but their outward misery, increaseth by their inward misery, the one increaseth the other: As it is a great evil for sin to bring affliction; so a great evil for affliction to increase sin as their affliction doth; there affliction puts them upon swearing, lying, profaneness, cozening, keeps them from sanctifying the Sabbath, ⟨p. 507⟩seldom come in the Congregation: I persuade my self, there be thousands belonging to this place, scarce ever heard Sermon in this place, scarce know whether Christ be man or woman, scarce know any more than if they had lived among the Turks; and yet these poor Creatures live miserable lives every way for their bodies: Alas, I suppose there be very few of these I preach to now, that be Hearers of me now; perhaps God may have some love to some poor Creatures that may come creeping into the Congregation, that may hear me: this Exercise was intended for such Poor that might come in the morning, for many of the Richer sort had rather take their ease, and give them room enough; they might supply the want of their room, and yet how few of them come here:
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