Excee d. ng Sinfti'nefr' c f Siff. roan t,z ood,and fomay be fumrimes chofen the Will cannot chufe i T thing but under the notionof good, either real, or in appearance and though r\tniHion be in it felf at; ttYilp yet H regardof Sin i it may come under thenoti6ii ^, good, and that's to be chofen rather than Sin Now this is the work I have todo, tomakeout thieConcluion to you, That any Afflíc`ripn is to he chofen rather than any Sin;that there is more evil in any Sin, the least fin, than in thegreatei Athicrion. My principal hufinefs is, To charge mens Confciences with theevil oftheir fin, and thew to them h ,wmuch evil there is in fin : all men are afraid ofaftriftions,and troubled at atl i6tion; but vE hers theman or woman that fears fin,and ryes from it as from a Serpenr,and is troubled at fin more then any' at-MC-lion ? That there is more evil in tin than in atiiiction,in the Cenerai (t fup- pole is gratned of all, none dare deny it ; but becaufe they donot fee how this is, they have not convincing Arguments to bring this trutl with power unto their Souls; but I hnne before I have done with this Point, that I Thal makDir clear to every ones Confcience á ThatThere is more evil in fin,than in afffit icon not only more -evil in lin,than inoutward trouble in the word; but more evil in fn, than in al the tniferies and torments ofEel it Pelf: Suppole that God fhould bringany of-ycu torthe verybrink-of that hot- tomet-sCulf and open it to-you, and thereyou 4houlci fee thefe damned Creatures lie fweltrins° under the wrath of the infinite God) and there I; 2 vou!
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