[ 1317] Sin to be looked upon as the cause of all sorrow.
IN the course of Justice we say,* 1.1 and say truly; When a Party is put to death that the Executioner cannot be said to be the cause of his death, nor the Sheriff by whose command he doth it; neither yet the Iudge, by whose sentence; nor the twelve Men, by whose verdict; nor the Law it self, by whose Authority it is proceeded in, (for God forbid that we should endite these, or any of these of Murther) Solum peccatum Homicidae,* 1.2 Sin, and sin onely, is the cause and oc∣casion of all sorrows; It is not the looking upon any accidentals, any Instrumen∣tals of our Miseries and vexations, but upon the principal, the prime Agent, and that's Sin, to take a wreak or holy Revenge upon that, to send out an enquiry in our Souls after that, and having found it, to passe sentence thereupon.