Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

Exceedift of sin. AMMAPAtAMAAMMA*M0 CHAP. 1V. Vfes : And Nine Confe&'cries of excellent ufe, viz. I. Sin is not the Work of God. 2. Sins prosnfes are allDelufons. 3. Sin cannot be the Cbjeaofa rationalCreature. 4. Nothing thats goodfhouldbe venturedfor sin. S. Nothing thatsgood to bemade feruictable to sin. 6, The saiftal e ofmaking Sin the chiefefi good. 7. Tinge f ent inSin 0. 8. The wicked, ofele menmbers: ` 9. Sin needno debate whe- ther tobe dyne, or not; once we fee for our Inftruaion, that that maxime many have, hath nothing todo in point offin; to wit, of twoevils you nnifl chufe the le, fi : True, in regard of the evil of-A$iiecion, comparing one AffiiCrion with another, fo we may chufe the lean; but this cannot have truth inmatter of Sin, that of lwo Sins we may chufe the leaft; becaufe though one Sinbel.efs than another, yet the leap Sin can never comeunder the notionof good com- paritively. As all other evils be good compara_ tively, though never fo great evils, yet compa- ratively theymay be good. Yet Sin canhave no goodnefs any way comparatively. Therefore of two evils wennift not chufe the leajt, in this fence. i Becaufe'Sin in it felfis finful : And 2 Becaufe, Chufing the leaft can never be a means I

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