Exceeding Sinfu!nefl of Sin. 31. Now Secondly, There is more Evil in the lead 5'ßn, than there is in thegreatefl Afflic ion. This I am now tomakeout untoyou in thefe Six Particulars. Firfty-Sin is moil oppofite unto God himfelf, the hie`è/I Good. Secondly, Sin k moll oppofrte unto Mans good: ifilLaion is notfooppofte to thegood o f the Crea- ture as Sin is. Thirdly, Sin koppo/ite untoail Goodin General; andfowillbedifeovered to be an VniverfdEvil. Fourthly, Sin, it is the Evil ofall other Evils ; it is that which is thevery venomandpoyTon °fall other Evilswhatfoever, therefore greatcji. Fifthly, There is aBindoflrhnitnefiinfin, thóugh not properly Infinite, it cannot be fo, yet in the Natureofit, it bath a ,findofinfinitnef? Sixtly, TheEvil ofiris difcovered,in the con- formity finbathwith the Devil ; there is no Creature that confpires againfi God, but only Devils andSinful Men. Thefe be the Six things to be opened, for thedifcovery ofthe evil of fin : And I befeech you ferioufly attend to what fhall bedelivered in thefe, for 1 hope before I have done tomake it appear to every ones Confcience that (hall vouchfafe to read, attend, and confider what I fay, that fin is another manner ofbufinefs than the World thinks it tobe. Oh that yourhearts might come to fee your felves tobe asyou are i' in Alapond.onto...-
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