12 The Evil of Evils, Or the Object, No, wil you fay, Cannot Godbringgood out of fn ? And loth not Gád bring good out of fin Asfir. To this I Anfrer, True, God brings oodout of (in, that is oceafionally, but not In- trumentally : He may take occafion to bring good out of fin committed : but (mark) God never makes titian inf,rument forgood ; for an inftrurrrent comes under fomwhat as an Effici- ency : for Ii inlìrument gives tome power to- wards the area ; but thus God never ufeth fin, Godnever made fn an inftrument of anygood; that is, that fin thouìld have any power any influ- ence into that good effe& that God brings Out of it as Atli&ionshave ; God doth not only take occafionby Affii0 ions tco dohis p'eople good;but he makes themChannels to convey the Mere ies to their Souls : And thus Miller ions have an in- ftrumental efl.scacy, in them, to do men good : Therefore faith the Holy Ghçl. in Heb. 12. He Chafens t'iemfor theirprofrt, that they might be per- takers of his holinefs : i The greateft good the Creature is capable of, Affliction is made often- times the inf}rument to convey : And in tfa. 77. By this the in'guity ofJacobßalbepurged: That is, by this as an inftrument; but fin is never thus : Sin isnever fanfi`ed by God to do good to any Soul : .Ai&ions are fan&ifed by God to do good; therefore fin is a greater evil than ad-lid-i- on : fan is fo evil that it is not capableof any I work of God to fanttifa it for good ; but no Af-
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