Sinfulness of sin - Venning - II - Section 2 continued

Required reading
Sinfulness of sin by Ralph Venning (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example).  Continue reading Section Two starting at Point 2, Sin's contrariety to man, and reading all of the subpoint, 'In a natural sense', but not beginning the subpoint, 'In a moral sense'.

My summary
Today's reading was a bit short, next week's will be a bit long - sorry, but it is difficult to divide up this section of the book.

Now Venning begins showing us how sin is against the good of man's body and soul in this life in a natural sense.

Firstly, sin is against man's natural well being in this life.  This is because:
(i) sin is against man's rest and ease;
(ii) sin is against man's comfort and joy;
(iii) sin is against man's health;
(iv) sin is against the quiet of a man's natural conscience;
(v) sin is against the beauty of man;
(vi) sin is against the loving and conjugal co-habitation of soul and body;
(vii) sin is against man's relative good in this world.

Secondly, sin is against the very being of man.

What grabbed me
The second point about sin being against the very existence of man was well made: 'Sin aims not only that man should not be well, but that man should not be at all.  How many it strangles in the womb!  How many miscarriages and abortions it causes!  How many it sends from the cradle to the grave, who have run their race before they can go!  Others die in their full strength, beside the havoc it makes by war and some always eat their bread in darkness (Job 21.23, 25).  Man no sooner begins to live, but he begins to die; and after a few days, which are but as a span, and pass away more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, sin lays all in the dust, princes as well as beggars.' 

Sin isn't only wanting to maim you and cause you to suffer, it is out to destroy you!

Next week's reading
Continue reading Section Two, Point 2, by reading all of the subpoint, 'In a moral sense'.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.