258 The Evil of Evils, Or the tAMA AtftltA#1 CHAP. XXV II. Fourthly, Sin is oppolte to mans good, %ecanrfe it is mß oppofte to the laß end for which man wad made. AFourth thing wherein the evil of fin con{{ gifts as molt oppofìte to mans good is this, Becanfe it lies moil oppofte to the laß endfor which man zxan. made, In that other paffage I o pened before, I (hewed how fin oppofeth God in hisown end,& therfore there wasa great deal ofevil in fn : But now I mua thewhaw fin oppofeth Man in that end Godmade man for. I am afraid fome of thefe things are fuch that force cannot go along withmein them ; it is my endeavor to make things ( though fpiritual, and above our natural reach, tomake them) as low as I can : but iftherebe force that do not un- derfiand, I hope others do, andfuch (I hope) will make ufe of what I fpeak. For certainly thefe things I fpeakofdo more declare the evil offin, and will keep an ingenuous fpirit more from fin,t han all the evils and torments ofHell. It is more againft mans la íí End. Now we ufe to fay the end and thegood of a thing is the fame : That which is the lait end is better than the thing it fell, therfore whatfoever ltrikes at jthe laft end is thegreatefi evil ofall, That is the ltappinefs °r nl9iAYWw:¡Ynu; -u. e.+w
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