The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

Hence it is, that the Apostle, when he had concluded that the Jew, and the Gentile were both under sin; to make this manifest, he tells the Romans how sin discovered it self in the outward man:¹ Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips, &c. We read in Scripture of the sins of the flesh, as well as of the spirit. Having therefore these promises dearly beloved, let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit: the sins of the spirit like so many plague-sores break out into the flesh. Wicked men are all over bespotted, and beleopar'd with sin: Lying is a spot in the tongue, pride is a spot in the eye, wrath a spot on the brow, bribery a spot in the hand, Idolatry a spot on the knee, yea they are called spots and blemishes, 2 Pet. 2.13. not spotted but spots, sin it self is a spot, and like fire, it turns the subject it hath to deal with, into its own nature. One part of the body in Scripture is called a world of iniquity. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: How much iniquity is there in the world, ²when in this little member there is a world of iniquity.

Hence it is, that the Apostle, when he had concluded that the Jew, and the Gentile were both under sin; to make this manifest, he tells the Romans how sin discovered it selfe in the outward man:¹ Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they used deceit, the poyson of aspes is under their lips, &c. We read in Scripture of the sins of the flesh, as well as of the spirit. Having therefore these promises dearly beloved, let us cleanse our selves from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit: the sinnes of the spirit like so many plague-sores break out into the flesh. Wicked men are all over bespotted, and beleopar'd with sinne: Lying is a spot in the tongue, pride is a spot in the eye, wrath a spot on the brow, bribery a spot in the hand, Idolatry a spot on the knee, yea they are called spots and blemishes, 2 Pet. 2.13. not spotted but spots, sin it selfe is a spot, and like fire, it turns the subject it hath to deale with, into its own nature. One part of the body in Scripture is called a world of iniquity. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: How much iniquity is there in the world,