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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 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.
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.
2 Others, when they be under Gods hand, they lie fretting, and vexing, and murmuring, and repining: As Solomon saith, Prov. 19. 3