X40 The Evil ofEvil", Qri k agreater Evil than 4ffliöion. Though we have f ent divers Exercifes upon this, yet it is as varioffs as ifn'e hadfeveralTexts. Now this k the Argument to de- monflrate, That a (Inner cloth not only difhonor and fir)keat God; butfn is againfi his own fàarl, again his own life, againfi hisown peaceand comfort, againfl' his ovnhappinef ; he loth undo himfelf by fin. This° k that which lam now to declare to ion ; and for the openingofthis, divers Particulars offer themflues tobe handled. WAAAAAAtAAA 10VVOOPMiCiWiiiM CHAP. XXIV. Fir(l, Sin makea manevil, but noafllion can make himfo : t 7hofe that are in affli ion are not the worfe, 2 But thofe that are wickedare vile perforas, though theybe thegreatefi Princes. Flrft, more Generally thus) n is againfi Man more than any Aff itlion. For, Si Firfl, Sinmakes a man tobe. evil : no Aili&iota makes him to be evil but only Sin : I befeech you obferve it, a man or woman is not a worfe manor woman becaufe atlii&ed, not worfethan theywerebefore; but fin makes theman or the woman tobe worfe ; and there is a great deal in this to thew the evil,of finto be beyond the evil ofaffiidion. Take a Juan that is never fo forely ffiicted, fuppofe the afli&ion to be as grievous
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