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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 67
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.
Fourthly, This rebukes such, that when they be under affliction, yet they be a great deal more sensible of affliction than of sin. This is against the Point, that saith there is more evil in sin than in affliction; and yet when you be under affliction, you be more sensible of the evil of affliction than of sin. There be divers sorts of these, and divers things to be said to these.
1 As some profane wicked men that commit horrible wickedness, that it is a wonder their Conscience flies not in their faces, and tears ⟨p. 529⟩not their hearts out of their bosom, for the woeful guilt upon them; and yet they are never stirred: But when Gods hand is upon them, in some grievous Sickness, they cry out for pain, but not one whit sensible of sin, that never comes in their minds; but their pains and disease: and when their friends come, they complain of grievous nights, and what heat they be in with their Fever, and how they burn, and have been tormented, but not a word of sin; all their guilt, the Sabbath breaking, oaths, company keeping, opposition of goodness, this lies not upon their Conscience at all: Oh! these be wretched creatures, besotted, guilty, hard hearted, left of God to the day of His Righteous Judgement.
1 As some prophane wicked men that commit horrible wickednesse, that it is a wonder their Conscience flies not in their faces, and tears ⟨p. 529⟩not their hearts out of their bosom, for the woful guilt upon them; and yet they are never stirred: But when Gods hand is upon them, in some grievous Sicknesse, they cry out for pain, but not one whit sensible of sin, that never comes in their minds; but their pains and disease: and when their friends come, they complain of grievous nights, and what heat they be in with their Feaver, and how they burn, and have been tormented, but not a word of sin; all their guilt, the Sabbath breaking, oaths, company keeping, opposition of goodnesse, this lies not upon their Conscience at all: Oh! these be wretched creatures, besotted, guilty, hard hearted, left of God to the day of His Righteous Judgement.