Exceeding Sinfitlnefl cf Sitt. r Fír(1, FecauCe there is fome'good inAti-icti on, but none in Sin. 2 I3ecaufe Sin bath moreEvil irait, than Af- diEtión, This Second I Thal Phew in the following Chapters. Firfl, A `i:ricin hath force good in ir, but fir hath none : You !snowwhat David faith, Pf [ t [ . It k coat f r me ti a 1 h ,ve be n fl ffli71ed; thus he fpaky oF At;i(`.fion : Eut when St. Pad fhea'.hs E 1U1) he Stith, 97rNC (tbatisin',yjefl.)dwelled! agio good, L orn ì as if ihould fay, So far as I air Unregenerate, in my 'Unregenerate part there is no yodat all he cals fin by the naine of ; there is no go:,dat ail n Sin. Firft, There i, no good of Entity or Feing : at' things that JP. ve a Seing there is famegood in them; fo G.'d harki a ` eing, and every thing that bath a bens !sat h Con good in it, becaufe it is of God; bnt Sin is a N -n ntity, a no being Its rather the cleprivatidn o` :t going then anti being at al ; c here is,a gré-at my leer y of I niqu 'ty, I tearth;:t which is a Faon car tits it it Cel_f vet fhhould have fuch a mighty efficacy to trouble heaven and earth. T his is a great YIv{fiery Secondly, it bath no good of cmfrlliry: that is, Sin is foevil, as it can bring forth no good : Afhir ions bring forth good ; Sin is fuch an evil as it cannot be nízde gord: not an infrument f ?r. good : Atílictions 'are made infhtt cntaU for good. F 2
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