Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

66 The Evil of Evils, Or the and ifanie thinggo againti their mind they dare not do it but there is not the bafefi fellow,the viler wretch that lives, thepoorefi worm, but he dares venture to fin againfi God, blafpheme the Name of God, (hakes at the word ofa man . of power, or a man but a littleabovehim; but he dares fill his mouth with Oaths even in the faceof God himfet , therehe bath courage and valor, and he fcorns to beafraid, what to fear anOath ! he path too brave a Spirit to afraid of that: Ohhorriblewrong tothe infinite God ! What is anie Superioritie in man fo great that men dare not offend them, and yet thepooreft Spirit that is, dares wrong and blafpheme the Name of God. Seventhly, There is a wrong to God in his Jufiice : Sin wrongs God in his infinite Ju- fiice. I Inthat it is not afraidofGod ; God expects all Creatures fhould, fear him becaufe of his. Jufiice. 2 Thoudoefi wrong tohisJufiice, in that by wales of Sin, thou doeft as much as inthee lies even accufe the waies of God forunjufl;-waies, andnot equal, but that your wales bemore jufi and equal thanGods. Therefore God inScrip- ture reafons theCafewith hisPeople, What are not my waits equal, are not your wales Unequal? Ezek. 18. 29. Certainly there is this infin, for if you account not your wales more equal; why chufeyou them ? Eighthly, Youwrong God inhis Truth As ifall Gods threatnings agairfi the vies of Siva. you

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